This quote from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at yesterday’s United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement press conference says it all.
“A year and a half ago, with rising questions about the future of NAFTA, I was asked how we’d respond.
My answer was that we’d respond as Canadians always have, in uncertain times.
We’d be constructive and reasonable. But we’d also be firm.
We’d protect our interests and promote our values.
We’d show determination – and also flexibility.
We would remain united.
And ultimately, we’d emerge stronger.
And that is exactly what we did. Last night, Canada reached an agreement-in-principle with the United States and Mexico, on a modernized and updated North American Free Trade Agreement – it will now be called the USMCA, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.”
