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I have a feeling this, along with gender, environmental, and other proposed clauses, is an attempt by Canada to make an opening bid that's unacceptable to the U

I have a feeling this, along with gender, environmental, and other proposed clauses, is an attempt by Canada to make an opening bid that's unacceptable to the US, in hopes of using these items as bargaining chips in the negotiations. I don't think it's going to work for them, but they're kind of in a desperate situation with the US having a lot less to lose if NAFTA falls apart and therefore almost all of the leverage. So Canada might as well try whatever they can.

smsm42 9y ago
If anybody knows how to deal with such tactics (for having used it himself countless times) it is Trump. But we'll see how it goes. It's unlikely US would ever say "yeah, we wanted to get rid of those regulations, but since Canadians asked us to have them, we can't now" but of course it never hurts to ask :)
to_bpr 9y ago
>So Canada might as well try whatever they can. This behaviour is largely the Canadian Liberal party appeasing its voter base through virtuous grand-standing over actual effectiveness. I'm very uneasy about the fact that we've Trudeau at the bargaining table here.