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| Canadian PM rejects Washington's NAFTA scrapping proposal |
| 2018-06-07 |
| [PRESSTV] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rejected a proposal by Washington to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and adopt a bilateral trade pact. "We have, on various occasions, heard the president speak about his interest or his musings about a bilateral deal instead of the trilateral NAFTA that we have," said Trudeau on Wednesday. "Canada's position is, and always has been, that the trilateral approach is actually better for Canada, for Mexico and for the United States," he added. On Tuesday, the White House announced that US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... wishes to engage in separate agreements with Canada and Mexico instead of remaining in the trilateral deal. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Now that is cool info Bobby. Thanks. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Bumble5724 2018-06-07 20:14 |
| #12 Coincidence. The major railroads swap power (locomotives) all the time - a CN train might cross the border without switching locos. At the train's terminal, the locos are cut off and sent back north. Also when railroad 'balance' the power in other deals, the railroad that 'owes' the other so many horsepower-hours may see their locos running all over the place. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-06-07 15:36 |
| #11 Call it a coincidence, but during this morning's commute, I saw on the BNSF spur to the Anacortes refinery an oil unit train powered by CN locomotives. First time in over 20 years I have seen foreign (non BNSF) power on that line. Leased units or what??? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2018-06-07 13:38 |
| #10 The Canadians have long standing trade "issues" with the US: fishing rights, wood products, durum wheat, and recently oil exports. Trudeau has plenty of Canadian issues to worry about before even thinking about Mexico's issues. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-06-07 13:26 |
| #9 Fidel's boy - not so smart |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-06-07 13:25 |
| #8 Trudeau is in way over his head against Trump. I will enjoy watching this unfold. |
| Posted by: airandee 2018-06-07 13:18 |
| #7 Justin Trudeau - making Obama look like Reagan with every statement. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-06-07 12:25 |
| #6 Darth Seriously, does Trudeau understand the meaning of the word 'scrapped'? |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-06-07 11:11 |
| #5 the issue isn't opting out, it's whether Canada would negotiate a bilateral agreement if we did. I think this is another fantasy vs. reality thing. I doubt Canada would want to lose the US as a trading partner, whether they realize it or not. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-06-07 10:51 |
| #4 "...Canada acting as a fence for Chinese goods." THIS. ^ Ditto with Mexico. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2018-06-07 10:45 |
| #3 The problem isn't trade with Canada, it's with Canada acting as a fence for Chinese goods. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-06-07 08:07 |
| #2 Procopius2k, the issue isn't opting out, it's whether Canada would negotiate a bilateral agreement if we did. |
| Posted by: Snoluting Phomoth8901 2018-06-07 07:56 |
| #1 ..except it allows any member to opt out. Socialist never really understood economics. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-06-07 07:35 |