Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a tough line on NAFTA on Friday, repeating that he could walk away if he was not happy with talks to modernize a pact the United States contends needs major changes. \u201cThe negotiations are complex and challenging \u2026 I\u2019ve said many times, we are not going to take any old deal,\u201d Trudeau told a sometimes raucous town hall event in the Pacific province of British Columbia. \u201cCanada is willing to walk away from NAFTA if the United States proposes a bad deal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not be pushed around. At the same time we can remain confident about NAFTA,\u201d he said, adding that if Washington walked away from the deal it would be \u201cextremely harmful and disruptive\u201d to both the United States and Canada. Canada and Mexico are striving to address US demands for NAFTA reform, which they argue threaten the highly integrated North American economy. On Monday, a senior US trade official rejected proposals for unblocking the negotiations but pledged to seek \u201cbreakthroughs,\u201d easing concerns that Washington would soon withdraw from the $1.2 trillion North American Free Trade Agreement.<\/p>\n
Trudeau said he did not think US President Donald Trump would pull out of NAFTA, despite slow progress at the talks. During the town hall event Trudeau was interrupted by hecklers angry that his Liberal government approved a plan by Kinder Morgan Canada to increase the capacity of an oil pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia.<\/p>\n
Police removed at least three demonstrators, who complained the risk of a spill was too great to allow the project to continue. Trudeau repeated that the pipeline would be built.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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