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Preserving Order Amid Change in NAFTA

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Reva Goujon
VP of Global Analysis, Stratfor
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Matthew Bey
Senior Global Analyst at RANE, Stratfor

Mar 14, 2017 | 08:30 GMT

A customs agent inspects a truck entering the U.S. from Mexico
A customs agent inspects a truck entering the U.S. from Mexico in Otay Mesa, Calif., in 2009. The United States and Mexico traded $525 billion in goods at a $63 billion deficit with the United States in 2016.

(Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

It took more than a decade and three presidencies, from Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton, to conceive and craft the North American Free Trade Agreement. Will a single presidency manage to undo the process of North American integration? While the risk is real, the reality may be less dramatic....