It appears that VP Pence, under his boss’s orders, added a clause that the Canadians’ simply won’t agree to …
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that a NAFTA deal was within reach when Vice President Mike Pence scuttled it by demanding the inclusion of a “sunset” clause that would automatically expire the pact in five years, according to a Thursday Washington Post report.
Trudeau told the Washington Post that he was planning a trip to D.C. to finalize the deal when Pence called with his ultimatum. “I had to highlight that there was no possibility of any Canadian prime minister signing a NAFTA deal that included a five-year sunset clause, and obviously the visit didn’t happen,” Trudeau said.
The White House fired back at Trudeau in a Thursday statement. “The United States has been taken advantage of for many decades on trade. Those days are over,” it read. “Earlier today, this message was conveyed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada: The United States will agree to a fair deal, or there will be no deal at all.”…
The White House is discussing additional economic penalties against Canada in response to the country’s threat to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, according to the Washington Post.
The Post offered no details on what kind of penalties the administration is considering against Canada, which plans to levy tariffs on about $13 billion of U.S. products in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum.
Among the products that would be hit by the Canadian tariffs are orange juice, soy sauce, sleeping bags and inflatable boats, according to the Post….
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This is beyond embarrassing:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/war-of-1812-donald-trump-justin-trudeau-tariff/index.html
When are we going to fortify the border with Canada?
When Canada pays for the Wall !