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On NAFTA, Canadians wonder if they’ve been outmaneuvered by Trump
WaPo ^ | 29 Aug 2018 | Alan Freeman

Posted on 08/29/2018 7:31:51 AM PDT by mandaladon

OTTAWA — Shortly after his election in late 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared “Canada is back,” promising a renewed Canadian presence on the world stage.

Trudeau has taken political hits since then for minor lapses, such as a luxury family holiday visit to a Caribbean island and an ill-fated trip to India, but his biggest challenge, just a year before Canadians go to the polls, has come from the leader of Canada’s longtime military ally and economic partner.

Now, Canadians worried that their government has been sidelined in crucial trade talks and may be forced to back down on important economic issues, having been outmaneuvered by President Trump and possibly sold out by an erstwhile Mexican ally.

Several rounds of tense discussions about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) culminated Monday in a trade pact that excluded Canada, prompting Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland to cut short a trip to Europe and dash to Washington for the first trilateral trade talks with the United States and Mexico in five weeks.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Extended News; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: alanfreeman; boycotts; canada; districtofcolumbia; mexico; nafta; sanctions; tariffs; trade; trump; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“....America no longer, ‘leads from behind.’...”

Can you imagine what would have happened to this country if HITLERY had won???? A real ugly nightmare...


41 posted on 08/29/2018 8:01:15 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: dfwgator

IIRC, TP, or at least the wood, comes from Canada.


42 posted on 08/29/2018 8:04:10 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: silverleaf
Justin Trudeau “ outmaneuvered’’ by Trump?
Color me shocked


43 posted on 08/29/2018 8:04:18 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: mandaladon

75% american and mexican content in cars, that leaves 25% for japan,china, taiwan, the eu and canada to split.
oops justin..


44 posted on 08/29/2018 8:06:49 AM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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To: RightGeek

EDIT:

Who HAS the weed?


45 posted on 08/29/2018 8:06:52 AM PDT by Leep
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To: mandaladon

“Until this week, Canadians thought they had a special place with America,”

Yeah, at the head of the line in playing “f*uck your neighbor!” I have read that all the “dairy protectionism” ( read 250% tariffs on milk, etc,) are at the behest of Quebec. Canada should have offed these French prigs a half century ago. Let them hook up to Maricon and his bunch in Paris,and get rid of this silly and expensive dual language nonsense. If you’ve ever been to Quebec, you understand that they are not really a part of Canada by choice.


46 posted on 08/29/2018 8:07:53 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: mandaladon

Oh yes - our stupid Prime Minister had that “special place with America” on his mind when he went out and shot his big mouth off like the coward he is after the G7.


47 posted on 08/29/2018 8:08:35 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: mandaladon

The canadians are going on strike (south park).


48 posted on 08/29/2018 8:09:43 AM PDT by pas
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To: RightGeek

Is old “thunder thighs” in the purple dress their leader?


49 posted on 08/29/2018 8:10:21 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: vette6387

Canada is a flea on an elephant. It doesn’t matter to the USA or the rest of the world.


50 posted on 08/29/2018 8:13:02 AM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: CodeToad

“What, exactly, do we need from Canada??”

French Honker Nasal Spray? I think their only US customer is Bill Maher. Or perhaps Jeff “My Crooked Honker Needs a Crowbar Realignment” Flake.


51 posted on 08/29/2018 8:13:51 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Kozy

“Canada is a flea on an elephant. It doesn’t matter to the USA or the rest of the world.”

But Trudeau acts like a flea climbing up that elephant’s leg with rape in mind!


52 posted on 08/29/2018 8:15:04 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: knighthawk
Lesson to those of the Trudeau persuasion:

Get on the Trump Train or get run over.

Toot Toot!

53 posted on 08/29/2018 8:18:01 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: JudyinCanada

Yep. The Brow was too afraid to take a shot at Trump face to face.
He waited until Trump was on a Ir Force 1.


54 posted on 08/29/2018 8:19:16 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right)
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To: vette6387

What we get from Canada is America- and Trump-haters like James Cameron, Jim Carey and Seth Rogen.


55 posted on 08/29/2018 8:21:43 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: oblomov

Wish this was video instead of a still. Maybe with soundtrack music, the Yakuza scene from Kill Bill!


56 posted on 08/29/2018 8:30:11 AM PDT by KyCats
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To: vette6387
We get the Calgary Stampede.
It's sponsored by Skoal tobacco, Coors beer, Jack Daniels whiskey, etc.
57 posted on 08/29/2018 8:33:37 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: mandaladon

If you are wondering whether someone has fooled or outmaneuvered you...then it happened a long time ago.

Out thinking Fidel’s kid is something that Trump probably did while sleeping.


58 posted on 08/29/2018 8:41:21 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: vette6387

Old joke but I can’t remember the punch line.


59 posted on 08/29/2018 8:41:49 AM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: mandaladon

Did Prime Minister Fluffbalk’s other eyebrow fall off when he heard Mexico had cut a deal?


60 posted on 08/29/2018 8:42:57 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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