Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit STACEY VANEK SMITH, HOST: One more word you'll hear this week - well, it's really an acronym, but it is so familiar, we're going to call it a word - NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. Later this week, the Trump administration will kick off its talks to renegotiate NAFTA with Canada and Mexico. And despite Trump's fiery rhetoric about NAFTA on the campaign trail, it appears the administration has backed away from throwing out the 23-year-old trade deal or even majorly overhauling it. We're joined now by NPR's Chris Arnold. Hi, Chris. CHRIS ARNOLD, BYLINE: Hey, Stacey. SMITH: So, Chris, let's go back to the days of the campaign. Here is what President Trump had to say about NAFTA back then. (SOUNDBITE OF SPEECH) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: NAFTA was the worst deal ever made in the history of the world. It was a one-way highway out of the United States. SMITH: The worst deal in the history of the world (laughter). ARNOLD: Right. I mean,
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