Trudeau says he won’t join Trump and Lopez Obrador for USMCA celebration
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not be joining his American and Mexican counterparts this Wednesday in Washington to celebrate the coming-into-force of the renegotiated NAFTA agreement, his office says.
“We wish the United States and Mexico well at Wednesday’s meeting. While there were recent discussions about the possible participation of Canada, the Prime Minister will be in Ottawa this week for scheduled Cabinet meetings and the long-planned sitting of Parliament,” Cameron Ahmad, director of communications for the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
Mr. Lopez Obrador, who had publicly urged Mr. Trudeau to attend the Wednesday get-together, told reporters Monday that he would soon speak to the Canadian prime minister by telephone. Reimposing tariffs would also contravene the spirit of the USMCA which came into force on July 1. Like NAFTA, the USMCA allows tariff-free trade on nearly all goods between the three countries.
One aluminum industry source said the Trump administration wants Canada to do what Australia did last year: In response to tariff threats from the White House, the Australian government told its industry to cut back on exports to the U.S. The Trudeau government, however, wants to do no such thing and Canadian officials have been holding their ground in talks with the Americans, the industry source said.
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