U.S. President Donald Trump is taking a victory lap at the White House, cheering Sunday91裸聊视频檚 last-minute free trade deal, pronouncing the death of the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement 91裸聊视频� and playing down 91裸聊视频渢ensions91裸聊视频� with Justin Trudeau.
Trump acknowledged he and the prime minister have been at odds in recent weeks 91裸聊视频� but said it was all because of NAFTA, and is over now that the two countries have agreed to a new continental trade pact, christened the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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Trump also refused to be pinned down on whether he intends to ease Section 232 tariffs on Canadian exports of steel and aluminum, saying at once that the tariffs remain in place, but they won91裸聊视频檛 be necessary as long as Canada and Mexico honour the terms of the new agreement.
Late last night, our deadline, we reached a wonderful new Trade Deal with Canada, to be added into the deal already reached with Mexico. The new name will be The United States Mexico Canada Agreement, or USMCA. It is a great deal for all three countries, solves the many......
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Trump, flanked by trade ambassador Robert Lighthizer, adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner and a who91裸聊视频檚 who of his inner circle, called the new agreement the most important trade deal the U.S. has ever made.
The deal, reached late Sunday, will govern $1.2 trillion US in trade, making it the biggest agreement in the country91裸聊视频檚 history, and marks the end of an era during which the U.S. has been 91裸聊视频渢reated so badly91裸聊视频� on trade by other countries around the world, the president said.
He said the new deal treats American workers with 91裸聊视频漟airness and reciprocity,91裸聊视频� unlike NAFTA, which he again described as the worst deal ever agreed to by the United States.
And he cheered the fact it will give American farmers and dairy producers greater access to markets in Canada and Mexico, protect auto manufacturing jobs and encourage innovation on U.S. soil.
Trump said he spoke earlier today with Trudeau and outgoing Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, and also extended thanks to Pena Nieto91裸聊视频檚 replacement, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
The Canadian Press
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