Atlantic premiers, eastern U.S. governors take centre stage in NAFTA talks

The timing of this weekend's gathering of Atlantic premiers and New England governors in Charlottetown makes it a natural proxy of the high-stakes NAFTA negotiations that began earlier this month in Washington.

A meeting of Atlantic premiers and New England governors in Prince Edward Island that started Aug. 27 has taken on an extra sense of importance, as NAFTA renegotiations hit full stride, writes Jesse Robichaud. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre left, chats with U.S. President Donald Trump, centre right, during G7 meetings in Taormina, Italy, in May. Adam Scotti photograph courtesy of the PMO

Opinion

BY JESSE ROBICHAUD

August 27, 2017

United States President Donald Trump isn't visiting Canada’s smallest province this weekend as New England governors meet with Eastern Canadian premiers to talk trade. But his latest threat to axe the North American Free Trade Agreement arrived days earlier, when he told a rambunctious crowd in Ph...

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