Trudeau Says Canada 'Willing To Walk Away' From Bad NAFTA Deal
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Justin Trudeau said on Friday that Canada is "willing to walk away" from a bad NAFTA deal.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday at a town hall in Nanaimo, British Columbia that his country is "willing to walk away" from a bad North American Free Trade Agreement proposal, reports Bloomberg.
"On NAFTA, the negotiations are complex and challenging and there are a lot of elements that are tied to other elements. We are pushing in a responsible way for the best possible deal for Canada," Trudeau commented. "I've said many times we are not going to take any old deal. Canada is willing to walk away from NAFTA if the United States propose us a bad deal."
"Regardless of perceptions in the United States, NAFTA has been really good for the US, has been good for workers. It's been good in Canada and canceling it would be extremely harmful and disruptive to people in the United States as it would be in Canada," he added.
President Trump, on the other hand, has expressed a far different view when it comes to the agreement's impact on the U.S. workers.
"NAFTA has been a catastrophe for our country; it's been a catastrophe for our workers and our jobs and our companies," Trump said last year and in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, he remarked, "If we don't make the right deal, I will terminate NAFTA."
The New York Times recently reported on the state of negotiations among the nations involved.
"Discussions to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement moved from stalemate to actual negotiation during the sixth round of talks that concluded on Monday, but a deal was still far from guaranteed as Mexico, Canada and the United States continue to squabble over how to reshape the 24-year-old pact," the Times noted.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday at a town hall in Nanaimo, British Columbia that his country is "willing to walk away" from a bad North American Free Trade Agreement proposal, reports Bloomberg.
"On NAFTA, the negotiations are complex and challenging and there are a lot of elements that are tied to other elements. We are pushing in a responsible way for the best possible deal for Canada," Trudeau commented. "I've said many times we are not going to take any old deal. Canada is willing to walk away from NAFTA if the United States propose us a bad deal."
"Regardless of perceptions in the United States, NAFTA has been really good for the US, has been good for workers. It's been good in Canada and canceling it would be extremely harmful and disruptive to people in the United States as it would be in Canada," he added.
President Trump, on the other hand, has expressed a far different view when it comes to the agreement's impact on the U.S. workers.
"NAFTA has been a catastrophe for our country; it's been a catastrophe for our workers and our jobs and our companies," Trump said last year and in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, he remarked, "If we don't make the right deal, I will terminate NAFTA."
The New York Times recently reported on the state of negotiations among the nations involved.
"Discussions to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement moved from stalemate to actual negotiation during the sixth round of talks that concluded on Monday, but a deal was still far from guaranteed as Mexico, Canada and the United States continue to squabble over how to reshape the 24-year-old pact," the Times noted.