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Trump’s Nafta Revamp Rides on Big Changes to Car Manufacturing

U.S. auto deficit with Mexico is wider than the overall trade gap.

By Andrew Mayeda, Bloomberg | Updated on June 27, 2017

To President Donald Trump, America’s $500 billion trade deficit is a symbol of economic weakness. If he wants a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement to shrink that number, he’ll need a seismic shift in how cars are made on the continent.

With negotiations expected to start in August, makers of everything from toys to microchips are making their case for how the Trump administration should reshape the 23-year-old trade accord with Mexico and Canada. Based on the president’s zeal for reducing the deficit, the auto industry could hold the key to U.S. success in the talks. Trump has threatened to walk away from Nafta if he can’t get better terms.

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