川普政府啓動NAFTA重新談判的程序

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration says it has notified Congress it intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico.

In a letter sent Thursday to congressional leaders, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said the administration plans 90 days of consultations with lawmakers over how to rewrite the agreement followed by negotiations with Canada and Mexico that could begin after August 16.

Renegotiation of NAFTA was a key promise of Trump's during his presidential campaign, when he frequently called the treaty a "disaster."

Lighthizer told reporters NAFTA has helped strengthen the U.S. agriculture, investment services and energy sectors, but it has hurt U.S. factories and resulted in well-paying manufacturing jobs being sent to Mexico.

Lighthizer said in the letter that NAFTA needs to be updated to more effectively address matters involving digital trade, intellectual property rights and labor and environmental standards.

At a news conference Thursday at the State Department with Mexican officials and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other U.S. officials, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said Mexico "welcomes" the renegotiation of NAFTA.

"We understand that this is a 25-year-old agreement when it was negotiated," Videgaray said. "The world has changed. We've learned a lot and we can make it better."

Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement, "Since the signing of NAFTA, we have seen our manufacturing industry decimated, factories shuttered, and countless workers left jobless. President Trump is going to change that."美國川普政府表示，行政當局已通知國會，打算重新談判美國和加拿大與墨西哥達成的北美自由貿易協定(NAFTA)。

星期四，美國貿易代表萊特希澤致函國會領袖說，川普政府計劃與國會議員展開90天的磋商，談論如何改寫北美自由貿易協定，隨後，美國將與加拿大和墨西哥談判，談判有可能於8月16日後開始。

重新談判北美自貿協定是川普競選時的一個重大承諾。他經常形容這項協定是“災難”。

萊特希澤對記者們說，北美自貿協定加強了美國的農業、投資服務業和能源領域，但是卻傷害了美國的工廠，致使製造業高薪工作崗位流失到墨西哥。

萊特希澤在信中說，北美自貿協定需要更新，以便更有效地解決與數字貿易、知識產權以及勞工和環保標準有關的各項問題。

星期四，墨西哥外長比德加賴等墨西哥官員在美國國務院與國務卿蒂勒森以及其他美國官員舉行了記者會。比德加賴說，墨西哥“歡迎”重新談判北美自貿協定。

他說：“我們明白這是25年前達成的協議，世界變了，我們學到很多，可以做得更好。”

美國商務部部長羅斯發表聲明說：“自從簽署北美自貿協定以來，我們看到，我國的製造業遭到重創，工廠關門倒閉，無數的工人失去了工作。川普總統將要改變這種情況。”