Update Nafta, don't scrap it: GM chief

Detroit

GENERAL Motors' chief executive urged the Trump administration on Tuesday not to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) and said any changes in the pact should account for the effect on US carmakers and workers.

"There could be unintended consequences, changes made, that would directly impact jobs in the United States," GM CEO Mary Barra said at an investor conference on the sidelines of the Detroit car show. "Nafta needs to be modified," she added, but she rejected the idea that "we need to walk away from it".

As part of a push to create US jobs, President Donald Trump has said that Nafta should be renegotiated and has at times suggested that the…