Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Hey Trudeau- Make the NAFTA deal now!

If Trudeau does not capitulate and do a deal with Trump this week, Trudeau will engineer a made-in-Canada recession which will adversely affect thousands of Canadian families.

Months ago Trudeau should have taken a hit on NAFTA but agreed to a NAFTA skinny deal giving Trump the victory over some minor matters.

Trudeau further upset Trump by publicly backstabbing him after the conclusion of the G7 discussions hosted by Trudeau in Canada, when Trudeau publicly bragged that he had stood up to Trump and informed Trump that Canada would not be pushed around by Trump.

Canadian Foreign Minister and chief NAFTA negotiator Chrystia Freeland then gave a talk in Washington, implicitly criticizing the Trump administration for undermining the rule-based international world order, thus further alienating Trump and further inflaming the situation.

Trudeau et al should have agreed months ago to a modified sunset clause and agreed to preventing NAFTA companies from suing NAFTA governments which helps Mexico more than the U.S. and Canada.

Trudeau should have first entered a deal with Trump and then the U.S. and Canada could have put pressure on Mexico to be more flexible because due to low Mexican wages and few Mexican environmental controls, Canada had lost thousands of manufacturing jobs to Mexico as well as the U.S. Trump would have taken a modified deal and victory months ago.

Both the Sanders Democrats and the Trump pro working class GOP want to tear up NAFTA or make it better for the U.S., so American politics are against this NAFTA deal "As is".

https://canadafreepress.com/article/hey-trudeau-make-the-nafta-deal-now

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