It should have been named CAMUS, after the French philosopher, author and journalist Albert Camus who contributed to the philosophy known as absurdism

Albert Camus: Nov 7^th, 2013 to Jan 4^th, 1960

I'm confused.

We kept Chapter 19 … we kept the status quo on cars and parts … and there has been no change on access to Canadian culture.

On the other hand, we lost ground on dairy giving the Americans 3.5% of our market (despite the fact the US subsidizes their industry to the tune of BILLIONS every year) … our Steel, Aluminum and forest industries are STILL at the mercy of the US government and protectionist states … and who knows what else.

What exactly did Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, get for us as gains, with the new NAFTA?

To me at, it sounds more like it was a fire sale, despite what our government has to say:

After more than a year of negotiating a new North American Free Trade

Agreement (NAFTA), Canada, the U.S. and Mexico have finally inked a trade deal.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and United States Trade Representative

Robert Lighthizer released a joint statement Sunday night announcing the new deal,

which will be called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

“Today, Canada and the United States reached an agreement, alongside Mexico, on

a new, modernized trade agreement for the 21st Century: the United States-Mexico-

Canada Agreement (USMCA),” the statement read.

 

U.S. President Donald Trump is to sign the $1.2-trillion trade agreement at the end

of November and will then submit it to Congress, an official said.

FULL STORY: https://globalnews.ca/news/4500068/nafta-2018-agreement-finalized/

And so, perhaps, that is why we have this comment from John Feldsted this morning:

Ultimately, this looks like a lot of political back-slapping over very little. The aluminum and steel tariffs remain in place. We will still suffer American protectionist tariffs countering their view of ‘anti-dumping’.

There is no good reason to rename the trade agreement, but if it is renamed should have been the Canada-Mexico-United States agreement (CAMUS) named after the French philosopher, author and journalist Albert Camus who contributed to the philosophy known as absurdism.

Perhaps that's why John concluded his brief comments with this, "And that folks, neatly sums up the past year of reports on negotiations we have suffered."