Trump official says US not actively working to withdraw from NAFTA

The Hill: U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Tuesday that the Trump administration isn’t actively pursuing a withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), despite President Trump's repeated threats to pull out of the pact.

Lighthizer said the goal is to complete an update of the 23-year-old agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada despite Trump's threats, which have injected a sense of gloom into the latest round of talks.

“There is no active process for withdrawing,” Lighthizer told reporters.

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