How a call from President Trump’s son-in-law started a scramble on NAFTA
WASHINGTON — A phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law set off a frantic scramble ending in sighs of relief across three national capitals that the North American Free Trade Agreement would survive.
Jared Kushner called around supper time.
It happened on an intrigue-filled day last month after different news reports said Trump was seriously thinking of invoking Article 2205 of NAFTA, which would be the first step in cancelling the quarter-century-old deal.
There are contrasting accounts of what really happened April 26.