“We’re talking about Brexit times 100” if Trump unravels NAFTA

Tower Center Academic Director Jim Hollifield and Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center Executive Director Luisa del Rosal were quoted in the Dallas Morning News discussing the future of trade under President Trump.

Donald Trump has said he will rip up NAFTA and he opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Hollifield says if he makes good on these promises “we’re talking about Brexit times 100” for Texas.

But from the high level support he will need from Congress to the immense legal implications that would follow, it won’t be easy for Trump to get rid of NAFTA. Del Rosal said it will ultimately be up to the business elite of both Texas and Mexico to influence policy makers

Read DMN economy reporter Jill Cowan’s article here.