File photo taken on Aug. 16, 2017 shows U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (L), Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (C) and Mexican Economic Minister Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal attend the first round of renegotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Washington D.C., the United States. The United States, Canada and Mexico on Wednesday kicked off the first round of renegotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) amid widespread uncertainty and anxiety over the future of the decades-old trilateral trade deal. Jan. 20, 2018 reaches one-year mark for Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. One year into U.S. President Donald Trump's presidency, the uncertainties and anxieties over his unconventional playbook appear to have not diminished. As he seeks to implement his campaign promises, which seem controversial and even unacceptable to many, rifts, feuds and controversies dogged the year and 2018 would probably not be any different. (Xinhua/Ting Shen)
