Mexico's President Defends NAFTA, TPP Trade Deals Vicki Needham - The Hill
go to original July 13, 2016

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said that trade is vital across North America and an Asia-Pacific agreement with further strengthen the relationship with the U.S. and Canada, countering anti-trade rhetoric from both presidential candidates.

Peña Nieto said that the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will strengthen ties with Washington and Ottawa and that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is proof that trade created and saved jobs and boosted all three economies.

“I believe that the trade integration that we have reached through NAFTA and now, is trying to grow stronger with the TPP,” he said on CNN with "Fareed Zakaria GPS."

“It has helped us is to revitalize, bolster and strengthen productivity and industry present in the three countries, which are part of NAFTA," he said.

He called NAFTA "a win-win mechanism" that has enabled the United States, Canada and Mexico to protect their manufacturing sectors and millions of jobs.

"And I think the results are there," Peña Nieto said.

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