Reading Room Document

Authority to Withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement

The President may lawfully withdraw the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement without the need for any further legislative action. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/olc/file/2018-10-17-nafta-wd/download.

October 17, 2018