Mexico’s betrayal won’t be forgotten

The Mexican and U.S. governments barred Canada from the NAFTA negotiations, and are now threatening Canada with penalties if it doesn't sign up for the deal they negotiated.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, pictured during his visit to Ottawa for the 2016 'Three Amigos' summit, is now a lame-duck president, and last week completed talks with the U.S. Trump administration to try to rewrite parts of the NAFTA agreement without input from Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

September 3, 2018

TORONTO—As a narcissistic and vengeful bully, U.S. President Donald Trump has pursued a revision of the North American Free Trade Agreement based on false claims and the strongly protectionist goal of America First, accompanied by ugly personal attacks on Prime Minister...

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