Canada, U.S. may not reach NAFTA deal within deadline: report (ZT)

[ztbll]

还在说汽车啊。这个不在特朗普的单子上。

虽说不在单子里，但可没少拿这个要挟加拿大，你自己不也说互加关税谁怕谁，我只是表明我的观点，美国伤筋动骨都算不上，咱们这边半条命就没了。

 

[阿土仔]

你也真敢扯，没NAFTA前，加拿大人都自己纺纱、织布、做裤衩？你咋不说美国人上山开荒种地呢。

我这不是把你想说没敢说的替你说了嘛！ 咱让美国人、美国货彻底滚蛋，像当年破四旧那么彻底！

 

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Canadian and U.S. officials have agreed to take a weekend break from NAFTA talks after a week of tense negotiations in Washington and comments from U.S. President Donald Trump suggesting he is unwilling to compromise on a deal.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters she's optimistic a deal is still within reach, but "we're not there yet."

"With goodwill and flexibility on all sides I know we can get there," she said at a Friday afternoon news conference at the Canadian Embassy.

Freeland said Canada is making progress but "will only sign a new agreement if it benefits Canada and Canadians."

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he'll pick up with Canada's team on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

"We have also been negotiating with Canada throughout this year-long process. This week those meetings continued at all levels. The talks were constructive, and we made progress," Lighthizer said in an emailed statement.

He said U.S. President Donald Trump has notified Congress that his government intends to sign a trade agreement "with Mexico — and Canada, if it is willing — 90 days from now."

Senior U.S. officials, speaking to reporters on a background call, said the Trump administration is on pace to offer Congress a full text of the renegotiated deal within 30 days.

The United States, Canada and Mexico had been trying to come up with at least a preliminary agreement in principle by the end of Friday — a deadline selected by Trump.

Sources tell CBC News that Chapter 19 of NAFTA, which contains a dispute-resolution process that Canada is determined to keep and the U.S. wants to scrap, is the most challenging area in the talks.

Another continuing irritant, supply management, reared its head Friday when a spokesperson for Lighthizer said Canada hasn't made any concessions on agriculture.

'Canada knows where I stand'
The pause in talks and Trump's letter to Congress capped off a rocky day of negotiations.

The Toronto Star reported Friday that Trump, in an interview with Bloomberg News, said the U.S. is unwilling to make concessions and that his position was "going to be so insulting they're [Canada] not going to be able to make a deal." CBC News has not independently verified the comments.

U.S. President Donald Trump admitted making off-the-record comments about NAFTA negotiations after the Toronto Star reported he told Bloomberg News the U.S. would not make any compromises in a deal. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump admitted on Twitter that he made the comments to Bloomberg on Friday, claiming an understanding with the news agency that his comments were off the record was "blatantly violated."

"Oh well, just more dishonest reporting. I am used to it. At least Canada knows where I stand!" he tweeted.

Sources say Canada confronted U.S. negotiators about Trump's comments as talks between Freeland and Lighthizer got underway in Washington earlier in the day.

Asked about the report, Freeland insisted Canada won't cave to any demand, and that the government will defend the national interest in any NAFTA deal.

Trump claims total control

In the remarks published by the Star, Trump said any possible NAFTA deal would be "totally on our terms."

"Off the record, Canada's working their ass off. And every time we have a problem with a point, I just put up a picture of a Chevrolet Impala," he reportedly said.

The Impala is assembled at the General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ont.

Trump announced Monday that he and outgoing Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto agreed on a new trade deal that he said could replace NAFTA. He has threatened to slap 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian-built cars if there is no NAFTA deal.

Former interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose, now a member of the government's NAFTA council, said Trump's letter to Congress gives Canada a month to smooth out the sticking points.

"Everyone wants to get a deal now that Canada is back at the table, but we didn't get one today. That doesn't mean we won't get one next week," she told CBC Radio's The House.

She noted the respectful tone between Freeland and Lighthizer.

"And interestingly they both point to the concessions that Mexico has made around the auto sector. That is what I think is key to getting a deal."

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh praised the Liberal government for pausing.

"Trump is trying to force a bad deal on Canadians, and our government is right to take the time it needs to get this deal right," he tweeted late Friday.

Tory MP and foreign affairs critic Erin O'Toole said it looks like the Canadian team is trying to catch up to the U.S. and Mexico.

"After spending three months on the sidelines, Canada is now back at the negotiating table trying to make up for lost time," he said in a statement.

 

[uglyducking]

近年的趋势是搬到墨西哥，反正不是留加拿大。但当今的加拿大仍需要大量汽车产业工作，我们的工人要生活。

我们有政府福利，大不了汽车工人都当难民拿难民福利住宾馆

 

[阿土仔]

虽说不在单子里，但可没少拿这个要挟加拿大，你自己不也说互加关税谁怕谁，我只是表明我的观点，美国伤筋动骨都算不上，咱们这边半条命就没了。

当年王明他们就是这个以卵击石的路子去和敌人硬拼，结果被打得屁滚尿流，这叫做“左倾冒险主义！”

 

[阿土仔]

我们有政府福利，大不了汽车工人都当难民拿难民福利住宾馆

擦！你丫睡醒了吗？“难民”还等着汽车工人挣钱供他们住宾馆呢！

 

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当年王明他们就是这个以卵击石的路子去和敌人硬拼，结果被打得屁滚尿流，这叫做“左倾冒险主义！”

你看看上面的报道吧。

他们在扯犊子。顺便看看谁急。

 

[uglyducking]

擦！你丫睡醒了吗？“难民”还等着汽车工人挣钱供他们住宾馆呢！

等？你想的美。

 

[jqr]

这么多人担心。
前两天CBC对前总理Jean Chrétien有个访谈，问他加拿大是否要担心了？Jean Chrétien冷笑一声，说you know, 美国人买加拿大产品是因为加拿大东西好。
真的要担心吗？那么多年美国人真的在被加拿大占了便宜吗？加拿大人应该比墨西哥人聪明点吧。

 

[9981]

你习惯了你川普爷的谈话方式不习惯你土豆爷的谈话方式了。

呵呵 其实他们俩都没您包子爷说话霸气

 

[阿土仔]

这么多人担心。
前两天CBC对前总理Jean Chrétien有个访谈，问他加拿大是否要担心了？Jean Chrétien冷笑一声，说you know, 美国人买加拿大产品是因为加拿大东西好。
真的要担心吗？那么多年美国人真的在被加拿大占了便宜吗？加拿大人应该比墨西哥人聪明点吧。

加拿大这劲头和当年的满清还真有一拼！

 

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[wangmayou]

如果这么有底气，何必急着从欧洲赶回来，不如让床铺一边等着去。

说到谈不成，谈不成的第一个直接问题就是面临汽车关税，对安省来说就是灭顶之灾，根本无法接受。安省在联邦的地位不用我说了吧？明年10月大选...

所以我为土豆着急。

任何改变都有阵痛。安省的汽车配套厂家整合一下，就是加拿大国产品牌。外国产品牌25percent的税，军车警车都用国产，本国产的车就好卖了。

 

[wangmayou]

土豆说白日做梦

所以土豆应该搬家，下届滚球。