Trump plan to renegotiate NAFTA with Canada and Mexico / 保護主義掛帥 川普:重談北美自貿協定　　　　　　　　　　

Fresh from his inauguration, US President Donald Trump is starting what he terms as his "America First" protectionist policies. Having declared that the US will withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, he has now said that he will re-negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, with Canada and Mexico. ==DONALD TRUMP US President== We are going to start negotiations having to do with NAFTA. Anybody ever hear of NAFTA? I ran a campaign somewhat based on NAFTA. But we're going to start renegotiating on NAFTA, on immigration, on security at the border. Trump has made it one of the priorities of his first hundred days in office to either renegotiate or completely withdraw from NAFTA, which he blames for causing the decline of US manufacturing. In the swearing-in of his cabinet on the 22nd, he once again emphasized that new negotiations will begin soon. NAFTA was signed between the US, Canada, and Mexico during Bill Clinton's administration in 1994, creating the world's largest free trade zones. After the agreement was signed, Mexico emerged as a major manufacturer thanks to its cheap labor. In particular, the rapid development of Mexico's automobile industry has made it a major target for Trump. Trump has lambasted multi-national automobile companies on Twitter, threatening punitive taxes on them if they do not move their manufacturing back to the US. Trump's protectionist policies have caused ripples in Japan, a major car exporter. On Monday, the yen rose against the dollar and the euro in a further blow to Japan's exports. The stock market reacted negatively, with the Nikkei index closing down 246 points. ==YOSHIHIDE SUGA Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary== The effects of the Trump administration's policies on Japan's companies deserve close attention. We need to promote further development of our economic ties. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says that he hopes for a meeting between Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to further strengthen Japan's alliance with the US. TRANSLATED BY：JOHN CHEN ==美國總統 川普== 我們會跟加拿大總理會面 跟墨西哥總統會面 我們將會展開關於NAFTA (北美自由貿易協定)的協商 你們有聽過NAFTA嗎 我的競選幾乎建立於NAFTA 我們要重新開始協商NAFTA 協商移民問題 邊界安全問題 川普早已宣示，上任百天之內優先施政目標之一，就是整頓他所認定美國製造業外流的元兇，北美自由貿易協定NAFTA，要求重新談判或者乾脆退出，22號他在內閣宣誓就職的場合再次強調，新協商就要展開。NAFTA是在1994年柯林頓總統時期，美國加拿大墨西哥三國之間所簽訂，創造出全世界最大的自由貿易區，墨西哥以廉價勞動力快速崛起為製造業大國，其中汽車產業發展驚人，也因此成為川普的眼中釘。 川普一開年就推文連番砲轟跨國汽車業，威脅不在美國生產就課重稅，汽車輸出大國日本也密切關心川普的保護主義政策三把火，週一市場立刻有感，日圓兌美元與歐元匯率走高，不利出口也造成股市下挫，日經指數下跌246點作收。 ==日本內閣官房長官 菅義偉== 川普政權的政策 對我國企業的影響 需要密切關注 推動經濟關係進一步發展 日本官房長官菅義偉說，希望儘快促成安倍與川普的高峰會，進一步強化美日同盟關係。 記者 施慧中 報導