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2018-10-01 Economy
US And Canada Have NAFTA Deal at 11th Hour
[Daily Caller] The United States and Canada have reached a tenatative agreement on a renegotiated NAFTA. According to CBC News, a senior government source is saying there is agreement in principle after resolving a number of contentious issues.

Sources also confirmed to Global News that a deal has been finalized.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a late Sunday night cabinet meeting to discuss the progress. Canada will reportedly be allowing greater access to its dairy market ‐ something President Donald Trump has long demanded.

Trump earlier this week virtually proclaimed NAFTA to be a dead deal because Trudeau did "not seem to want to move" on its supply management dairy policy that maintains a 300 percent tariff on milk products. Trump also expressed his dislike for Canada’s chief trade negotiator, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

"The fact talks are still going on shows there are issues to be settled," an anonymous source told Global on Sunday, suggesting there had been a change for the better in the rapport between the respective U.S. and Canadian negotiators was positive.
Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-01 02:44|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Somebody sat on Justin?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-10-01 04:53||   2018-10-01 04:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Good thing there are deadlines or nothing would ever get done.
Posted by gorb 2018-10-01 10:04||   2018-10-01 10:04|| Front Page Top

#3 In Trudeau's Canada, cabinet meeting calls him.
Posted by swksvolFF 2018-10-01 10:41||   2018-10-01 10:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Trudeau sat at the window waiting for the EU Cavalry to ride to the rescue .... and they never appeared.
Posted by magpie 2018-10-01 11:03||   2018-10-01 11:03|| Front Page Top

#5 This is great news!

I had naively assumed that the "FT" in NAFTA meant real free trade. I was shocked when Trump revealed that Canada was charging tariffs up to 275% on our dairy products. Time to level the playing field!
Posted by Tom 2018-10-01 11:07||   2018-10-01 11:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Marijuana Is Now Legal In Canada
Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-01 15:32||   2018-10-01 15:32|| Front Page Top










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