To keep from giggling at the orange buffoon??

because it will truly be an Oscar winning performance not to do that.

I mean if it's okay with Putin

Waltz into a room and get them to agree to some changes? "Here, sign right here. Don't worry. It's going to be great. Believe me."

Nothing ever came of it once he took office; don't know if that was because he had his hands full with the Great Recession until he no longer had a workable Congress, or if he examined the situation and decided a renegotiation at this date couldn't really improve matters.

let's talk about some yuuuge Trump investment opportunities for you in your beautiful country. They will literally pay for themselves if you sign on the dotted line.

to US and breaks the back of US corporate farms. Loss of market and slave labor.

during the year because of the law wages retailers pay.

thereby breaking the whole freight hauling industry in the US. Those manufactured goods and agricultural products currently going north can be distributed to Canada and the rest of the Pacific Rim by ship.

It passed in the Senate 61-38 and in the House 234-200

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement

He can not do it by fiat. You are correct that i should not have used the word treaty since it triggers a different level of requirements for approval..

Deals make all parties better off, or at least they have to get something
important to them

How do you improve upon free trade?

Can you improve upon free trade?

Tariffs and trade restrictions are generally considered to be one significant
cause of the Great Depression. Most economists have embraced the goal
of free trade since World War II.

The benefits of undoing free trade are what, exactly?

Right after they agree to whatever Trump has
in mind for them to do in order to help or support
his business interests.

making him the actual leader of the world.

Somehow I think his negotiating skills are about as good as his romantic skills. He's used to playing hardball with what he sees as his opponents. What does he think he has for leverage? And how much damage will this do to our relationships with these two countries?

Why should they?