Trump Not Backing Down On (NAFTA)

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Trudeau calls the White House as Republicans plead Trump to back down on steel and aluminum tariffs
Donald Trump is in a highly unusual confrontation with his own party over the tariffs on steel and aluminum. “We’re not backing down,” the U.S. president said on Monday.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan in Washington in a Feb. 27 file photo. Ryan is speaking out against U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for steep tariffs on steel and aluminum. (AL DRAGO / NYT)
By KEN THOMAS The Associated Press
10:23 AM, Tues., March 6, 2018

WASHINGTON—In a remarkably public confrontation, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican allies of President Donald Trump are pleading with him to back away from his threatened international tariffs, which they fear could spark a dangerous trade war. Trump retorted: “We’re not backing down.”


The president on Monday said U.S. neighbours Canada and Mexico would not be spared from his plans for special import taxes on steel and aluminum, but he held out the possibility of later exempting the longstanding friends if they agree to better terms for the U.S. in talks aimed at revising the North American Free Trade Agreement.

“We’ve had a very bad deal with Mexico; we’ve had a very bad deal with Canada. It’s called NAFTA,” he declared.

The White House said Tuesday that Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed trade and NAFTA during a telephone conversation Monday. Officials said Trump emphasized his commitment to a NAFTA that is fair to all three countries, and noted that the current agreement leaves the U.S. with a trade deficit.

Canada is the United States’ No. 1 foreign supplier of both steel and aluminum. Mexico is the No. 4 supplier of steel and No. 7 for aluminum.
 

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I think most don't think he can win this because they know they never could. They don't have the talent. This is Trump's element. He thrives in these battles. He's too sly for the other weak leaders who are just as snowflakey as most of the politicians here. He's going to run circles around them.
 
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