looks like he found a backdoor means of torpedoing free trade after all . . . and he didn’t have to actually touch NAFTA. he just bought a good portion of the private economy, and when washington pays the bills, washington calls the shots, and individuals lose some portion of their individual liberty.
How much economic growth do you get by forcing people to replace perfectly good pipe fittings? Answer: none. It’s just redistribution of wealth and stupid misallocation of resources.