List of executive orders 2017 politico6/23/2023 ![]() Trump‘s trade officials, including White House adviser Peter Navarro, and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, have long said that NAFTA’s rules-of-origin provisions need to be tightened to exclude more components from outside the trading bloc. “If he wants to do these unilaterally or bilaterally, he’s got to get going on them.” “I think we’ve got to start moving,” Hatch told reporters on Wednesday. ![]() The orders to review existing trade deals and public procurement policies would be largely symbolic, as the administration has already announced its intention to renegotiate NAFTA, with plans to formally notify Congress of its intention to launch talks in the coming weeks. The House of Representatives had to delay a vote on the bill on Thursday due to insufficient support for the legislation. The fate of Trump‘s first major legislative effort in Congress, a measure to replace the 2010 Obamacare health law, remains uncertain amid stiff opposition from conservative Republicans. Politico first reported the plan for the two orders, quoting a senior administration official as saying the trade orders would help shift the White House narrative “to a place where the president can really shine.” The timing of the orders is unclear, but they could start to be rolled out next week, the officials said. ![]() They said on Wednesday that the trade deal and procurement review orders were among several executive actions that the Trump administration is preparing on trade. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the orders were still being developed. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Mexico and Canada will top the list of trade deals to be reviewed, which affect 20 countries from the Americas to Asia, the officials told Reuters. ![]()
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