In a speech that lasted over an hour, U.S. President Donald Trump told a rally crowd in Phoenix that his administration might end up terminating the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) “at some point.”
The remarks came six days after Canada, Mexico and the U.S. came to the table to kick off the renegotiation of a free-trade agreement that Trump has made a cornerstone of his election campaign, and his presidency.
Coverage of NAFTA on Globalnews.ca:
Addressing the agreement, Trump said, “personally, I don’t think we can make a deal, because we have been so badly taken advantage of.
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“They have made such great deals, both of the countries, in particular Mexico, that I don’t think we can make a deal. So I think we’ll end up terminating NAFTA at some point, OK, probably.”
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Trump went on to say that, “I told you from the first day, we will renegotiate NAFTA or we will terminate NAFTA, I personally don’t think you can make a deal without a termination but we’ll wait to see what happens, OK?”
The president’s remarks came toward the end of a speech that touched on matters such as the Charlottesville protests, and how Trump believed his words about the incident were ignored by the media.
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