Canada's Freeland says 'win-win-win' trade deal with U.S. within reach

Record ID: 1354441

  • Title: Canada's Freeland says 'win-win-win' trade deal with U.S. within reach
  • Date: 31st August 2018
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (AUGUST 31, 2018) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CANADIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND WALKING UP TO MIC (SOUNDBITE) (English) CANADIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER, CHRYSTIA FREELAND, SAYING: "It's a very complex agreement and we are going to continue working at it. As we've said from the outset, our objective
  • Embargoed: 14th September 2018 22:16
  • Keywords: Canada Trade dairy Trump deal Freeland NAFTA White House Trudeau
  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: Canada
  • Topics: Government/Politics,International Trade
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018VIRKUF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday (August 31) expressed confidence that Canada could reach agreement with the United States on a renegotiated NAFTA trade pact if there was "good will and flexibility on all sides."
    "It's a very complex agreement and we are going to continue working at it," Freeland told reporters after days-long talks wrapped up without a deal.
    "We know that a win-win-win agreement is within reach," she added. "With goodwill and flexibility on all sides, I know we can get there."
    Mexico, Canada and the United States have stressed the importance of NAFTA, which governs billions of dollars in regional trade and a bilateral deal announced by the United States and Mexico paved the way for Canada to rejoin the talks this week.
    But by Friday the mood had soured, partly on Trump's off-the-record remarks made to Bloomberg News that any trade deal with Canada would be "totally on our terms". He later confirmed the comments, which the Toronto Star first reported.
    The United States wants to eliminate Chapter 19, the mechanism that has hindered it from pursuing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Monday Mexico had agreed to cut the mechanism. For Ottawa, Chapter 19 is a red line.
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