Donald Trump wants to rip up the North American Free Trade Agreement as one of his strategies for creating new jobs for the middle class. The Republican presidential candidate tells Scott Pelley the free trade agreement between Mexico, Canada and the U.S. is a "disaster."
He says he will either break or renegotiate it so he can enact tariffs that would dissuade manufacturers like Ford from building cars elsewhere that are meant for the U.S. market.
The Trump interview, in which he also tells Pelley his plans on immigration and reveals a major part of his tax platform for the first time, will be broadcast on the 48th season premiere of 60 MINUTES, tonight, Sept. 27 (7:30-9:00 PM, ET) on the
CBS Television Network.
Below is an excerpt from the interview, courtesy of 60 MINUTES:
SCOTT PELLEY: How do you keep them from exporting American jobs to Mexico?
DONALD TRUMP: Let's say Ford moves to Mexico. If they want to sell that car in the United States, they pay a tax. Here's what's going to happen, they're not going to build their plant there. They're going to build it in the United States.
PELLEY: But there is a North American free trade agreement.
TRUMP: And there shouldn't be. It's a disaster.
PELLEY: But it is there.
TRUMP: Okay, yeah, but--
PELLEY: If you're President, you're going to have to live with it.
TRUMP: Excuse me, we will either renegotiate it or we will break it. Because, you know, every agreement has an end.
PELLEY: You can't just break the law.
TRUMP: Excuse me, every agreement has an end. Every agreement has to be fair. We're being defrauded by all these countries.
PELLEY: It's called free trade--
TRUMP: No, it's not.
PELLEY: And it is a plank--
TRUMP: It's not the--
PELLEY: Of the Republican platform.
TRUMP: Scott, we need fair trade. Not free trade. We need fair trade. It's got to be fair.
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