Texas cattle ranchers, dependent on Mexican trade, keep an eye on NAFTA

President Trump has walked back his latest threat to pull the U.S. out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), saying he still wants to try to renegotiate the trade agreement with Canada and Mexico. But he warns he’s ready to pull out if talks don’t produce “a fair deal.” That’s making a lot of industries that depend on cross-border trade nervous. Among the most concerned: cattle ranchers. Marketplace talked to TSCRA Directors Coleman Locke, JD Hudgins Inc, and Kelley Sullivan, Santa Rosa Ranch, about NAFTA and how its demise could harm Texas beef. Read more and listen to the story at Marketplace.org…