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WASHINGTON Republican lawmakers are showing increasing resistance to President Donald Trumps trade agenda, worried that his plans could hurt exports from their states and undermine longstanding U.S. alliances.

The concerns indicate that the biggest threat to Trumps trade policy which emphasizes new bilateral deals and a tougher stance against countries blamed for violating trade rules is coming from his own party. The opposition from Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress, stands to complicate Trumps efforts to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement, or Nafta, and tackle alleged trade violations in China.

We want to support him on all those things; were not there yet, said Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.), whose state depends on aerospace and agricultural exports.

While many Democrats in Congress are interested in working with the Trump administration, Republicans who have long backed free trade many of them close to business groups are warning that imposing tariffs could lead to retaliation against U.S. goods. Lawmakers from farm states are upset that Trump in January pulled out of the unratified Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, the 12-nation trade agreement that Barack Obama negotiated.

An expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com.

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