Trudeau just rushed his Trade Minister down to Washington this afternoon. Third man out, weaker negotiating position now that Mexico and US have a fair bilateral deal that takes the auto sector away from Canada. Trudeau just lost any leverage he had left - he was too cute being the progressive light bringer and ignored some very basic negotiating principles. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...n-nafta-deal-possible-this-week-idUSKCN1LD1T4
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-freeland-nafta-talks-trump-1.4801706 Mexico's ambassador to Canada said his country is prepared to go it alone with the Americans if Canada and the U.S. are not able to resolve some lingering bilateral issues, namely the extension of intellectual property (IP) rights and a dispute settlement mechanism.
Trudeau lectured the Americans endlessly about how he and Canada are up on Mount Olympus and dont have problems with countries like Mexico as the American barbarians do. Yet, there is a little undercurrent here where he is getting huffy about the Americans getting too chummy with all those brown-skinned mexican types and treating their neighbors in the Great White North like they are second fiddle. Hey, I am special too. I feel his pain.
Hm, I can only imagine what would have been done to democratic president if he enforced tariffs like Trump did. GOP would revolt I think.
The establishment has been against these tariffs. It was not just Ryan. but below is quick cut and paste for when you search on "ryan was anti tariffs" Videos 2:47 In rare public split, Paul Ryan comes out against Trump's tariffs CBS News - Mar 5, 2018 Ryan disagrees with Trump's broad steel and aluminum tariffs Washington Post - Mar 6, 2018 Ryan urges Trump to be 'surgical' on tariffs MSN.com - Mar 6, 2018 2:13 Ryan urges Trump take 'surgical' approach on tariffs Reuters - Mar 6, 2018 6:45 Paul Ryan: "Tons And Tons Of Confusion Of What Tax Bill Does Or ... CBS This Morning RealClearPolitics - Dec 20, 2017 0:43 Ryan casts doubt on Congress acting to stop tariffs Reuters - Jul 12, 2018 10:57 Rand Paul Will Hold Up "Rotten" Budget Deal: Would "Bring Back ... Fox News Insider RealClearPolitics - Feb 8, 2018 10:28 Canadian PM Trudeau: Trump Told Me A Year Ago That Canada ... CNBC RealClearPolitics - Mar 13, 2018 2:13 Ryan urges Trump take 'surgical' approach on tariffs Reuters - Mar 6, 2018 Ryan casts doubt on Congress acting to stop tariffs MSN.com - Jul 12, 2018 Web results Ryan: 'I disagree' with Trump's tariffs | TheHill thehill.com/homenews/house/390166-ryan-i-disagree-with-trump-tariffs May 31, 2018 - House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday ... The hefty tariffs against the European Union, Canada and Mexico are set to begin Friday. Paul Ryan breaks with Trump on tariffs - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-ryan-breaks-with-trump-on-tariffs/ May 31, 2018 - The Speaker of the House said the decision to implement tariffs on steel and ... Speaker of the House Paul Ryan came out in opposition to President ... U.S. fight against Chinese espionage ensnares innocent Americans ... Paul Ryan on Trump's trade war: nothing to do - Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/12/.../paul-ryans-trump-tariffs Jul 12, 2018 - "New tariffs are not the solution" Ryan tells the Economic Club of ... Given both the prevailing anti-Trump sentiment in the party and the reality ... 'Extremely worried' Paul Ryan trashes Trump's tariff plan | Daily Mail ... www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Extremely-worried-Paul-Ryan-trashes-Trumps-tariff-plan.html Mar 5, 2018 - Paul Ryan trashes Trump's tariff plan and says he's 'extremely worried' .... quietly arguingagainst the new tariffs, the New York Times reported. Republicans criticize Trump tariff trade war with China - CNBC.com https://www.cnbc.com/.../republicans-criticize-trump-tariff-trade-war-with-china.html Jul 6, 2018 - Ryan also criticized the imposition of tariffs last week, saying that the ... Last month, Corker went against Trump's wishes to unveil a bill that ... McConnell Says GOP Senators Are Worried About Trump Tariff Plan ... https://www.wsj.com/.../ryan-urges-broad-tariffs-on-metals-to-be-targeted-at-wrongdoer... Mar 6, 2018 - Mr. Ryan detailed his preferred approach one day after the House had ... had repeatedly warned Mr. Trump against imposing global tariffs. Steel and aluminum tariffs: Ryan says Trump plan could hurt economy https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/.../tariffs...ryan/398798002/ Mar 6, 2018 - WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday said he is urging President Donald Trump to take a more "surgical" approach to tariffs ... Paul Ryan comes out against Trump tariffs - Yahoo https://www.yahoo.com/news/paul-ryan-comes-trump-tariffs-172903466.html Mar 5, 2018 - WASHINGTON — In a rare break with the White House, Republican House Speaker PaulRyan came out Monday against President Trump's ... How Trump's Tariffs Could Screw Harley-Davidson in Two Ways https://www.newsweek.com/harley-davidson-tariffs-trade-war-donald-trump-paul-rya... Mar 6, 2018 - Tariffs imposed on the motorcycle company and bourbon would hit two top Republicans particularly hard: House Speaker Paul Ryan of ... Missing: anti | Must include: anti
Nafta Crunch Caps a Pretty Dreadful Week for Justin Trudeau August 31 2018 (Bloomberg) -- This has not been a good week for Justin Trudeau. It began with a surprise U.S.-Mexico trade pact that excluded Canada from a Nafta rewrite, sending the prime minister’s negotiating team scrambling to strike a deal ahead of the Trump administration’s deadline. Then a key pipeline he spent billions to nationalize got sideswiped by a court decision, and the most important ally in his climate change plan abandoned him. While the 46-year-old leader has had plenty of political stumbles during his first mandate, the events of the last few days are among the heaviest blows Trudeau has taken on core economic files. They come just as his Liberal government prepares to reset its parliamentary agenda going into an election year. “The opposition are going to try and paint this as an example of incompetence,” said Robert Bothwell, a professor of Canadian history and international relations at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. Even before this week, Trudeau was having a rough go. The Group of Seven summit he hosted in June, meant to be a showcase of Canada’s global leadership, was blown up by Donald Trump -- prompting questions about his strategy to handle the capricious U.S. president. Decades-old groping allegations surfaced, and a bitter diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia erupted over a tweet. Polling Support A steady flow of asylum seekers has also dogged the refugee-friendly Trudeau government, making immigration and the border political issues in multicultural Canada. All that was on top of a bumbling trip to India in February, where he was mocked for parading through the country in a range of traditional outfits. It has all been, strangely, not fatal so far. His poll numbers have actually improved since the start of July -- aided by a robust economy and one of the the tightest job markets in years. “We obviously have a very positive situation for middle-class Canadians with the unemployment rate at really the lowest we’ve seen in 40 years,” Trudeau’s finance chief, Bill Morneau said Thursday when asked about the potential impact of the pipeline ruling and uncertain fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement. “There is a confluence of things that are making people feel anxious,” he added. Grand Bargain Which is why this week’s developments pose a major test. Trudeau’s Liberals have staked much of their legacy on forging a grand bargain on resources -- tougher and more expensive environment rules for business he hoped would facilitate the construction of pipelines. While companies are complaining of higher costs, this court ruling nullifying government approval of the expansion project purchased from Kinder Morgan Inc. has put the prime minister on the defensive. “Having only the United States as a market for 99 percent of our oil resources simply doesn’t make sense anymore and that’s why we believe that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is in the best interest of all Canadians,” Trudeau told reporters near Toronto on Friday, playing down tensions that flared the night before when Alberta withdrew from the climate plan in protest. Now comes Friday, where questions loom over a possible deal to avoid being frozen out of the successor Nafta. Talks were progressing, but even a deal might not be great if it looks like Trudeau caved to Trump, who seems to have gleefully taken to beating up on Canada, his northern neighbor and top export market. “It’s very hard for me to see what else Trudeau could have done, except to give Trump the only response he will accept, which is surrender,” Bothwell said. https://www.bloombergquint.com/busi...-no-good-very-bad-week-for-trudeau#gs.G7a1kGw
Canada says no deal and stuff your deadline. Seems like the reasonable response considering who is running your country.
Actually they said “we have to look semi competent so we can’t sign today, but we’ll be back next week to kneel before Trump.”
Actually Canada said “wait wait wait...we have an entitled, retard, gym teacher pussy running our country...and he’s full of hubris and communist tendencies...so just ignore him and let’s try this again.”