WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ‌said on Wednesday that he might not renew ⁠the USMCA free trade deal with Canada and Mexico. Speaking at the White House, ‌the ⁠president said he was discussing the ⁠matter with Mexican and Canadian ⁠leaders.

Reporting by Bo Erickson ⁠and Gram Slattery; Editing by Doina Chiacu

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It was and still is the most obvious conclusion of this. He's a person who hates free trade, and it's a free trade agreement.

The game for the federal government has basically been to trick him into signing on anyway, or at least delay him leaving.

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 hour ago

And we need to steel ourselves for the "CARNEY DID IT - TINY PP WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT HOME NOW WE CAN'T HAVE KRISPY KREME AND CHICK-FIL-A ...." - I think people don't fully appreciate that the only way to divest ourselves from Trump's insanity and vagaries w.r.t. oh anything is to make new friends, new alliances, and accept the extreme difficulty that comes with that which means Depression-era relief and strong investment in other partners and no, this won't bear fruit in one election cycle or even one quarter, not even in one year. In today's misinformation hellhole people literally hang on to every even vague word and go into a rage if their cable bill isn't lowered. There's no easy way to do this.