AFL-CIO president: 'Hard to see' new NAFTA deal without Canada

Source: UPI

SEPT. 2, 2018 / 5:16 PM

ByDaniel Uria

Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The president of the largest union federation in the United States said Sunday that a reworked North American Free Trade Agreement would require Canada's involvement.

Appearing on Fox News Sunday, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Richard Trumka said the economies of the three countries involved in the trade deal: the United States, Mexico and Canada are integrated.

"It's pretty hard to see how that would work without having Canada in the deal," Trumka said.

On Saturday, President Donald Trump tweeted that Canada will be left out of the new NAFTA agreement if a fair deal can't be reached, stating there was "no political necessity" for its inclusion. Trump also threatened to scrap the deal entirely if Congress should interfere with the negotiations.

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