But I have major reservations about the Columbia deal. At this point I have reservations about any new deals until the old disasters have been redone to be more favorable.

NAFTA by itself was a good idea. You can look back in the archives here, I have said this many times. It was a PROTECTIONIST agreement between us and Mexico. The problem was that as soon as the ink was dry on it, the other trade deals followed giving the rest of the world the same advantages as Mexico got eliminating the protection. Now every new deal just exacerbates the situation further.