NAFTA talks face uphill battle as Mexico, Canada carry on after tariffs

Source: Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press, June 1, 2018 

WASHINGTON – Now they put their noses to the grindstone and get back to the North American Free Trade Agreement. But it is shaping up to be a complicated, uphill slog.

Mexico and Canada have renewed their commitment to the bare-knuckled NAFTA renegotiation after absorbing the blow of the Trump administration’s decision to impose potentially debilitating new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

The dragging on of the NAFTA talks was a key reason behind the U.S. move to target Canada and Mexico, but given the importance of that trade agreement to the continent’s economy, neither U.S. neighbour was deterred.

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