“The longer we wait, the harder it is going to be for Trump to get what he wants

“The longer we wait, the harder it is going to be for Trump to get what he wants
because the nationalist pressure on Peña Nieto will be cumulative,” said Pamela Starr, an associate professor of international relations at the University of Southern California.
Which presents yet another paradox: The longer the Americans wait on Nafta negotiations, the more political pressure it
places on Mr. Peña Nieto, reducing the flexibility he has to accommodate demands, or surprises, from Mr. Trump’s team.
For instance, if job losses begin to mount within the next six months, as some economists predict, the public pressure on the
president may be so immense he could have a much harder time selling a revised agreement to Congress and Mexicans at large.
“From the Trump and American perspective, this is purely an optional problem,” said Michael Camuñez, the president of ManattJones Global Strategies
and an assistant secretary of commerce in the Obama administration.
President Enrique Peña Nieto’s approval ratings are near single digits, and further delays in clarifying the future of Nafta could imperil not only growth,
but also employment at a time when the government can least afford to lose support.