Canada needs to fight back against Trump's trade action: NAFTA advisers
Ottawa, May 26 (IBNS): The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) advisers have said Canada needs to hit back at the US if the latter takes strong action against the former over trade following the failure of NAFTA negotiations, media reports said.
Rona Ambrose, a member of NAFTA advisory panel, said she fears about US President Donald Trump's action against Canada if the NAFTA negotiations fail.
Ambrose said Trump could target Canadian industries like wine, dairy, aerospace engineering and the auto sector.
Ambrose told CTV News, "I think we’re going to see Trump use trade action through the commerce department aggressively to get what he wants if he can’t get it through NAFTA."
US President Donald Trump has recently said Canada, which is a partner in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), is "very difficult to deal with" and "very spoiled".
His comment came amid the reports that the US is considering tariffs on all imported vehicles.
Referring to Canada and also Mexico, which is another partner in the NAFTA, Trump said: "They have been taking advantage of the United States for a long time. I am not happy with their requests ."
"But I will tell you in the end we win, we will win and we’ll win big," he added.
Trump has been quoted by CTV News.
The US President has been countered by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said "all negotiations are challenging" and Canada will be working to get a better NAFTA deal.
"This is a deal that matters deeply to the citizens of our three countries," Trudeau has been quoted by CTV News.
The NAFTA is an agreement which came into force from January 1994 by Canada, Mexico and United States creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America.
Trump has alleged that the US faced severe losses in trade pacts with Canada and Mexico, the two partners of NAFTA deal.
For more than two years, US President Trump criticised the agreement and also hinted to take some serious steps being in the administration or at least send some ultimatums.
Trump reportedly wants the treaty to be more fair.
Both Canada and the US differ on the subject of climate change.
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