Canadians will cut the Liberals slack on NAFTA for negotiating with ‘crazy man’ Trump, say pollsters

However, the U.S. negotiator for the original NAFTA says Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland's team has 'disappointed' him, 'stepped back' and let the U.S. and Mexico work out trilateral issues.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, right, may be forgiven by the Canadian electorate if they don't reach a renegotiated NAFTA because of the unpredictability and bad-faith of U.S. President Donald Trump, say Canadian pollsters. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

September 3, 2018

The Liberals won't be punished by voters if they head into next year's federal election campaign without a finished NAFTA renegotiation, some pollsters say, and Canadians will cut them slack for trying to strike a deal with the unpredictable U.S. President Donald Trump. But Nanos Research chair Nik...

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