Leaders from the U.S., Canada and Mexico huddled in Washington, D.C. yesterday. It was the official beginning of an effort to renegotiate NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. This is a trade deal between the three countries. It went into effect in 1994. Renegotiating NAFTA is something that Donald Trump promised to do while he was campaigning to become U.S. president.
昨天，美国、加拿大和墨西哥三国领导人齐聚华盛顿特区。这表明北美自由贸易协定(NAFTA)重新谈判正式开启。北美自由贸易协定是美国、加拿大和墨西哥三国签订的贸易协定。它于1994年生效。重新谈判北美自贸协定是唐纳德•特朗普在竞选美国总统期间做出的承诺。
A Mexican government official said the goal is to make the agreement work better. A Canadian official said her country wants to protect NAFTA's record of creating jobs and economic growth. A U.S. official said that while NAFTA has benefitted many Americans such as farmers, it's failed for countless others with at least 700,000 American jobs lost because of NAFTA.
一名墨西哥官员表示，重新谈判的目标是使该协定更好地发挥作用。一名加拿大官员表示，该国希望保护北美自贸协定创造就业和促进经济增长的记录。一名美国官员表示，虽然北美自贸协定使得诸如农民等众多美国民众受益，但是该协定未能惠及其他无数民众——至少70万美国人因北美自贸协定失去就业机会。
All this gives an indication of the deal's mixed results.
所有这些言论都显示出该协定的好坏参半。

Leaders from the U.S., Canada and Mexico huddled in Washington, D.C. yesterday. It was the official beginning of an effort to renegotiate NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. This is a trade deal between the three countries. It went into effect in 1994. Renegotiating NAFTA is something that Donald Trump promised to do while he was campaigning to become U.S. president.
A Mexican government official said the goal is to make the agreement work better. A Canadian official said her country wants to protect NAFTA's record of creating jobs and economic growth. A U.S. official said that while NAFTA has benefitted many Americans such as farmers, it's failed for countless others with at least 700,000 American jobs lost because of NAFTA.
All this gives an indication of the deal's mixed results.