Canada’s ‘social agenda’ derailing NAFTA, says ex-Pence chief of staff

Canada has 'reasons to be concerned' about the direction of the trade talks, says veteran congressional staffer Bill Smith.

Bill Smith, president of Sextons Creek, has more than 20 years of experience in the U.S. Congress. He says Canada should be concerned about the direction of the NAFTA and that U.S. President Donald Trump has the power to pull out of it. The Hill Times photograph by Shruti Shekar

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

October 30, 2017

The former chief of staff to U.S. vice-president Mike Pence says Canada's demands to include language on gender, Indigenous people, and climate change in the NAFTA negotiations have created an "obstacle" to progress, with no path forward. Bill Smith, now the president of the U.S. public relations f...

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