Reuters Insider - Trump rejects request to meet Canada's Trudeau
27/09/2018 11:23
Click the following link to watch video: https://share.insider.thomsonreuters.com/link?entryId=0_1fno4lb6&referenceId=tag:reuters.com,2018:newsml_OV8ZER55R_930&pageId=ReutersNews Source: Reuters Insider Description: U.S. President Donald Trump says he rejected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's request for a meeting during the UN General Assembly because bilateral North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks are going poorly and the United States is unhappy with Canada's negotiators. Rough cut (no reporter narration). Short Link: https://reut.rs/2N3kJiV Video Transcript: Did you reject a one-on-one meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? br/ br/ Yeah, I did. br/ br/ Why? br/ br/ Because his tariffs are too high and he doesn't seem to want to move and I told him, forget about it. And frankly, we're thinking about just taxing cars coming in from Canada. That's the motherload, that's the big one. We're very unhappy with the negotiations and the negotiating style of Canada. We don't like their representative very much. They've taken advan- I love Canada, by the way. I have so many friends, I have everybody, so many friends but that has nothing to do with some representing the United States. Mexico was totally, I mean, they were great. By the way, the new president has been great. The deal is done. Now it has to go through Congress and you know, a lot of things have to happen. br/ br/ I don't like NAFTA. I never liked them. It's been very bad for the United States. It's been great for Canada, it's been great for Mexico, very bad for us. br/ br/ Or you pull out of the - br/ br/ I'm not going to use the name NAFTA. I refuse to use it. I've seen thousands of plants and factories close. I've seen millions of jobs lost to auto companies that move. I mean, Mexico has 25% of our auto business now because of NAFTA. Under our deal, not going to happen anymore. Hate to tell you, it's not