President Trump has announced that NAFTA negotiations do not currently include Canada. Trump is punishing Canada for high tariffs while continuing to forge a new agreement with Mexico.
According to The Daily Caller:
Canada remains out of the room in ongoing NAFTA talks, and President Donald Trump says that is no accident.
“We’re not negotiating with Canada right now,” Trump said Thursday in a televised cabinet meeting. As the Financial Post reports, the United States is quite happy to get an agreement with Mexico first and then see what can be done with Canada.
“Their tariffs are too high, their barriers are too strong, so we’re not even talking to them right now. But we’ll see how that works out. It will only work out to our favor.”
Canada hasn’t been at the table for a month now as trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo continue their private NAFTA negotiations.
Trump has had a contentious relationship with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and it looks like that relationship won’t be getting any better in the near future.
