“Won’t sign a bad NAFTA deal”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has made a strong assessment of  the current state of NAFTA renegotiaions, reaffirming his dedication to a fair deal, as well as making a few points about the upcoming G7 meeting which takes place in Canada beginning on June 8th.

Prime Minister Trudeau has stated that continued disruption of current US-Canada trade means more lost US jobs after the US has taken trade with Canada for granted for so long. “No Nafta is better than a bad deal, and we’ve made that very clear to the president,” Trudeau said  in Toronto in an interview with Bloomberg’s Stephanie Flanders, ahead of the Group of Seven summit that Canada will host next week. “We are not going to move ahead just for the sake of moving ahead.” Touching on the upcoming G7 summit, Trudeau stated that the meeting needs to reassure people about globalization, and that the current challenge for the G7 is to ensure that global growth is being shared fairly, but the Canadian PM also noted that most of the current global political uncertainty is stemming from ‘anxiety’, taking a stab at President Trump’s heavy-handed methods of negotiation and posturing.

When pressed if a deal could be reached in the next week or so. “We’re going to continue to engage with all levels of the U.S. administration,” Prime Minister said.