Canada (as well as Mexico) is on a NAFTA fact-filled PR tour of the US trying to remind Governors and Trump Admin that they are the USA’s biggest clients. – PB/TK
‘Hammer, hammer, hammer’: Canada lobbies U.S. before NAFTA talks – By David Ljunggren / June 29 2017
In the baking Ohio heat Canada’s trade minister is trying to save NAFTA, one encounter at a time.
Francois-Philippe Champagne is in Cincinnati for a meeting-packed June day as part of a concerted Canadian outreach campaign ahead of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
U.S. President Donald Trump describes the 1994 pact as a disaster and has threatened to walk away from it.
Concerned that any moves to abandon NAFTA or curb trade could cost thousands of jobs, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to remind Americans how important bilateral trade is while seeking allies to press the Canadian cause if threats emerge.
Since Trump’s inauguration, Canadian politicians and officials have made almost 160 trips, meeting 14 cabinet members, almost 200 lawmakers and more than 40 state governors and lieutenant governors. (Graphic: tmsnrt.rs/2tpGUdU)
Mexico, the pact’s third partner, has been leading a similar campaign.
Continue to reuters.com article: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-canada-outreach-idUSKBN19K0GE
