Posted on 06/05/2018 4:50:29 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
... “Yesterday we met with the president a couple times, and he is very seriously contemplating kind of a shift in the NAFTA negotiations,” Kudlow says.
“His preference now, and he asked me to convey this, is to actually negotiate with Mexico and Canada separately. He prefers bilateral negotiations and he’s looking at two much different countries.
Kudlow says Trump “hates multilateral” treaties.
“Canada is a different country than Mexico, they have different problems, and you know, he’s believed that bilaterals have always been better,” says Kudlow.
“Now I know this is just three countries, but still, you know, oftentimes, when you have to compromise with a whole bunch of countries, you get the worst of the deals.
“Why not try to get the best of the deals for the American people, the American workforce, the American economy and presumably for their economies as well? As I said, Canada is whole lot different than Mexico.” ...
A senior official told The Canadian Press that the chances of striking any deal on NAFTA — ever — had “just fallen through the floor.” ...
(Excerpt) Read more at business.financialpost.com ...
Kind of inevitable that NAFTA wouldn't work in the long run, it was always kind of a mismatch ... US & Canada have similar cultures & income levels, but Mexico is the odd man out ...
It was always just a question of how much of our industry Mexico would be able to leech away before people said "enough of this self-inflicted rape"
Divide and conquer.
That’s how it should be. They are indeed different in many respects.
This also has the advantage of possibly getting one treaty through instead of nothing.
Oh Noes! This was all just a whhap upside the head to renegotiate NAFTA?
Hey Mexico, we can produce oil, make cars, grow peppers.
Yo Trudoeux, We Can grow lumber, produce Iron..
Spotted Owls are deadsy Pierre.
Perfect.
As it should have been done in the first place.
Oh and the EU and Asian trade is a TRAIN WRECK
I spent half mylife on the Canadian border and the other half in the Mexican border..
Love the people, but not always fond of the Governments.
Not fond of Mexico or Canada at the moment.
Trump the disturber of the excrement should call for Quebec independence.
GOOD - there is SO LITTLE IN COMMON with the two countries, and NAFTA was an attempt to erase the borders.
In other words...no mexico!!!! That’s been the plan. We can trade all day with Canada...no problemo.
Have popcorn ready at all times then.
sacre bleu!
Canada is not an issue.
Trouble is brewing to the south
Don’t forget who the real driving forces were behind NAFTA - George HW Bush and Bill Clinton
plus various other assorted selfish villains
Most Canadians and even Acadians aint so sure about Quebec...
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