Won’t be ‘bowled over’ by U.S. in NAFTA negotiations, Trudeau vows
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Canada won’t be “bowled over” at the NAFTA negotiating table, Justin Trudeau promised Wednesday in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing push for a quicker resolution to the ongoing trade talks.
The prime minister made the comment Wednesday while greeting steelworkers during an early-morning shift change outside a plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., part of a three-day meet-and-greet tour of communities where steel and aluminum manufacturing are major employers.
“We’re standing up for ourselves. But, we know there’s a win-win-win we can get to,” Trudeau told one employee at the Algoma steel facility.
“The challenge (the United States) faces is that we’re there at the table, we’re contributing but we’re not just going to be bowled over by them,” he added.