Canada Would Rather Have No Nafta Than a Bad Deal, Trudeau Says

Prime Minister speaks in Bloomberg interview in Toronto
Lighthizer met Freeland on Nafta earlier Tuesday in Washington

"I will only sign a deal that is good for Canada," says Prime Minister Trudeau.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Josh Wingrove and Stephanie Flanders

May 29, 2018 at 8:14 PM UTC

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a message for Donald Trump on Nafta: Canada would rather see a trade deal die altogether than accept certain hardline demands.

Trudeau said he believed a win-win-win deal was still possible in ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement talks. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer met his Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland earlier Tuesday in Washington to discuss the trade pact.