U.S., Canada trade talks on NAFTA to resume next week after Trump remark leaks
- 6 years ago
A media leak of an off-the-record comment by U.S. President Donald Trump about Canada has rocked the ongoing NAFTA talks in Washington, but officials say negotiations will resume next week after the two sides missed the Friday deadline.
A bizarre set of circumstances played into the delay... after "off the record" comments by President Trump to Bloomberg News were leaked to the Toronto Star.
Trump told Bloomberg he's unwilling to compromise with Canada on revising NAFTA.
President Trump later hit out at Bloomberg on Twitter, but said "at least Canada knows where I stand."
He had given Canada a Friday deadline to agree to a NAFTA replacement after his administration reached a preliminary agreement with Mexico this week.
A bizarre set of circumstances played into the delay... after "off the record" comments by President Trump to Bloomberg News were leaked to the Toronto Star.
Trump told Bloomberg he's unwilling to compromise with Canada on revising NAFTA.
President Trump later hit out at Bloomberg on Twitter, but said "at least Canada knows where I stand."
He had given Canada a Friday deadline to agree to a NAFTA replacement after his administration reached a preliminary agreement with Mexico this week.