Freeland Touts ‘Win-Win-Win’ While Signing Off On New NAFTA Deal
OTTAWA — Canada joined the United States and Mexico in heralding a
new era of North American prosperity on Tuesday as they formally agreed
to changes to the new continental free trade deal first reached last
year.
new era of North American prosperity on Tuesday as they formally agreed
to changes to the new continental free trade deal first reached last
year.
The amended deal comes after years intense, at times
bitter, negotiations to update the 25-year-old North American Free Trade
Agreement.
“This has been a long, arduous and at times fraught negotiation,” said Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who was in Mexico City for the elaborate signing ceremony.