Every morning, as the sun rises over the Great Lakes, dozens of
18-wheelers queue up on both sides of the Ambassador Bridge connecting
Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. Over the course of the day, hundreds more
will pay their tolls, cross the 90-year-old span and clear Customs, the
majority of them carrying automotive parts and accessories, as well as
fully assembled vehicles.
The scene repeats itself at a number of other
locations, including the Blue Water Bridge linking Port Huron, Michigan,
and Sarnia, Ontario. In fact, there is so much truck traffic that a
third bridge is set to be erected on the south side of Detroit.
Perhaps no industry has more deeply embraced the benefits of the
North American Free Trade Agreement since it went into effect on Jan. 1,
1994. That helps explain why automakers and auto parts suppliers have
become some of the fiercest and most vocal opponents of the Trump
administration’s plan to renegotiate, and even demolish, NAFTA.
As a candidate, Donald Trump turned American
manufacturing jobs into a cornerstone of his campaign and early on
attacked Ford over its plans to shift production of small passenger
cars, such as the Focus, from the U.S. to Mexico. In office, he scuttled
the trans-Pacific trade deal negotiated under President Barack Obama
and ordered U.S. negotiators to go back to the bargaining table with
their counterparts from Canada and Mexico.
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