Canada in no hurry to sign revised Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal: PM Trudeau
Hanoi, Nov 9 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government is in no hurry to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal at the time other countries are looking forward to seal the deal, media reports said.
Trudeau said this at the APEC summit in Vietnam this week.
Trudeau at a press conference said: "Let me remind everyone Canada will not be rushed into a deal that is not in the best interest of Canada and Canadians. I have always been very clear that I will stand up for Canadian jobs, for Canadian values, that's exactly what we will do here."
Some of the TPP partners are however expecting any deal to take place by the end of this week.
The US had pulled out of the deal earlier in January this year.
According to CBC News, Canada is pushing to include chapters like environment, labour rights and gender equality in the revised TPP deal.
About Canada's working on the revised deal, the Canadian PM said: "Our ministers are very much engaged and working hard on this issue of TPP11."
"Canada is very much engaged in discussions of how we can move forward in a way that is beneficial to Canada and our partners. We believe progressive, solid trade deals can help citizens in all sorts of different countries" Trudeau added.
Canada's push for inclusion of new elements are very much like the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations where the Trudeau government is trying to embody climate issues in the deal.
(Reporting by Souvik Ghosh)
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