Rep. Will Hurd: Texas Needs to ‘take the Lead' on NAFTA Negotiations

Travel delays waylaid his arrival, so by the time U.S. Rep. Will Hurd arrived at the George W. Bush Presidential Center on Monday, his audience was primed.The group wanted to hear a defense of NAFTA, the embattled quarter century-old trade agreement that economists have credited with easing the flow of people and goods between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.And they wanted to hear about the odds of protecting it from a public relations assault, propelled largely by President Donald Trump, the leader of Hurd’s party, who has blamed the pact for the loss of thousands of American jobs.  Continue reading...