Trump won’t squander political capital fighting with Canada over NAFTA

This does not mean that hard bargaining regarding NAFTA between Canada and the United States will not take place but it does telegraph that quarrelling with Canada is not a priority for the Trump administration.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump pictured at the White House on Feb. 13, 2017.
TORONTO—For Canadians, the most revealing exchange in the recently leaked transcript of Donald Trump’s conversation with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto was Trump’s response to the Mexican’s proposal to have the three NAFTA partners work jointly to modernize the treaty: “Well, Canada...

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