Trump Chides Tariff ‘Babies’ in Praising New Trade Deal
- Carmakers and farmers will benefit from deal, Trump says
- Predicts Congress will ‘easily’ grant required approval
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President Donald Trump celebrated a trade deal with Canada and Mexico to replace Nafta as a “historic” win that vindicated his strategy of threatening tariffs on trade partners.
“Without tariffs, we wouldn’t be talking about a deal -- just for those babies out there that talk about tariffs,” Trump said Monday in a Rose Garden ceremony marking a successor deal to the North American Free Trade Agreement.