What happens if Trump cancels NAFTA? 10 lawyers agree: Lotsa lawsuits
WASHINGTON — He can huff, and he can puff, but can Donald Trump really single-handedly blow NAFTA down? It’s more than fairy-tale conjecture now. It’s a question of practical importance as the president has now demonstrated he intends to wield it as a threat during negotiations.
The Canadian Press has gathered analysis from 10 trade-law experts in an attempt to settle that question, some via interviews and others via research papers that explored the limits of presidential power to end the trade deal.
Here’s the one thing everyone agrees on: It would get messy.
That much is clear. There’s widespread consensus that it would trigger a period of uncertainty, marked by court fights between the White House, industry groups, state governments and possibly federal lawmakers.