Trump’s ambassador predicts the commercial agreement in Canada – with hunting

There are some good news, some bad news, and Canada from US President Donald Trump’s ambassador in Ottawa.

First, good news: It is suggested that it be a new agreement in Canada and the United States can be investigated in the non -far -long future, and will benefit both countries.

Bad news? Do not rely on trade -free trade again.

The Hoxtra house made statements on Wednesday at a conference in his hometown in Michigan, where he also reduced what he described as anti -American anti -Canada.

Hoxre said through Plate At the McKinak Policy Conference.

“We will go beyond this.”

He expected a stronger relationship in Canada and the United States in the end.

The ambassador says that the definitions will not disappear completely

As a specific example, the auto sector mentioned, declaring that Canada and the United States are not competitors – China is competition.

But there is hunting. Based on the ambassador’s statements, Canada should not assume that the definitions will completely disappear.

“The president has made it clear: there will be a tariff for every country that wants to do commercial business in the United States,” said Huxra.

This actually leaves Canada in a useful position, Hoekstra said: Depending on how these negotiations are going, Canada can have the best commercial access to the United States to any country.

He said Trump had already dropped most of the customs duties in Canada. In fact, Canada does not have a 10 percent tax on most countries.

But it has a tariff of steel and aluminum by 25 percent, like most of the world, as well as a 25 percent tariff for some products that were not traded under the Canada-United States Agreement.

Based on notes from both countries, Ottawa and Washington seem to depict commercial conversations It occurs in two phases. They are now discussing a deal to solve a limited group of grievances, then, in several months, they plan to start working on a broader agreement in Canada-Us-Mexico.

Hoekstra is out of the step with Trump

It is not clear how much weight should be placed on the forecasts of the ambassador.

The events this week showed that it does not always coincide with the president. Even in a basic question, perhaps the most important: Will his country continue to talk about the inclusion of the neighbor?

Hoekstra said one thing, and the American president contradicted him within days.

Last week, the ambassador until Look upset “Go ahead.”. “I’m not talking about it; Donald Trump does not talk about it.”

This situation barely continued during the weekend.

On Tuesday, Trump to make Another Canadian stadium, and promising savings on the missile defense system if Canada joins the United States

But Hoekstra continued on Wednesday to indicate that the Canadians are very emotional. Oncelter called her that the provinces had banned alcohol sales.

He expressed his regret that there is no electoral circle in Canada that expresses the opinions of supporting the United States during the past four months-not even the business community.

“Both political parties were somewhat running on a Trump control platform, fighting America. This is an obstacle,” he said.

“Both sides were mainly giving an anti -America agenda. The business community was largely silent.”

The declared schedule coincides – four to six months ago – when Trump thinks about the poor Canada, Using economic power To pressure him to join the United States