« on: May 08, 2017, 11:59:54 pm »
Report: White House officials asked Trudeau to plead NAFTA's case to Trump
By Vicki Needham - 05/08/17 07:00 PM EDT White House officials enlisted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to help convince President Trump not to unilaterally withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), according to a Monday report.
The unique and potentially embarrassing approach, which was first reported by Canada’s National Post, apparently worked. Following phone calls with Trudeau and Mexican President Peña Nieto, Trump backed off of reported plans to pull out of NAFTA last month.
Instead, Trump announced that he would renegotiate the 23-year-old deal agreement among the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Trade tensions rose at the end of last month after the U.S. slapped a 20 percent tariff on Canadian softwood lumber.
The threat of a departure from NAFTA brought expressions of concern from the agricultural sector, lawmakers on Capitol Hill, business groups and labor unions.<..snip..>
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332459-report-white-house-officials-asked-trudeau-to-plead-naftas-case-to
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