Close X
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
ADVT 
National

Prime Minister Says Border Tax In U.S. Would Have Been Serious Impediment

The Canadian Press, 28 Jul, 2017 05:25 PM
  • Prime Minister Says Border Tax In U.S. Would Have Been Serious Impediment
KENORA, Ont. — Canada is pleased with a decision by the United States to drop a planned border adjustment tax and is ready to work on an improved free trade deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.
 
 
The tariff-like tax was floated earlier this year by the U.S. administration as a way to pay for overall lower U.S. tax rates, but was dropped earlier this week.
 
 
"The border adjustment tax would have been a serious impediment to trade with Canada and we're glad that it's not being moved forward with," Trudeau said during a brief tour of cottage country in northwestern Ontario.
 
 
Canada, the U.S. and Mexico are to meet next month to discuss possible changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement. The Trump administration has released a long list of changes it wants, including the elimination of a dispute-settlement panel that has ruled in favour of Canada on softwood lumber.
 
 
Trudeau said Canada will approach the negotiations with a positive goal.
 
 
"Our arguments are always going to be that the right deal, improving the deal, will benefit all of us, and that's what we're going to stay focused on."
 
 
 
 
Trudeau later raised the trade talks while he was speaking to a few hundred people at a community barbecue. He said it was not a day for political speeches, but he wanted to raise the importance of "making sure we navigate carefully and well the relationship with our biggest neighbour to the south."
 
 
"It's really important that as we get into NAFTA renegotiations that we continue to demonstrate that Canada is engaged in a thoughtful, responsible way that stands up for Canada's interests but that recognizes that Canada's interests and Americans' interests align in many ways."
 
 
Trudeau took to Lake of The Woods briefly with his daughter Ella-Grace for a 20-minute boat tour.
 
 
He was to speak at the opening of the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg on Friday night.

MORE National ARTICLES

Q&A with Chirag Naik on Bard on the Beach Festival and Theatre in Vancouver Today

Q&A with Chirag Naik on Bard on the Beach Festival and Theatre in Vancouver Today
In this exclusive Q&A, Chirag discusses Bard on the Beach and how the event sets impetus to arts and theatre in Vancouver. 

Q&A with Chirag Naik on Bard on the Beach Festival and Theatre in Vancouver Today

What Some People Are Saying About The Omar Khadr Settlement And Apology

What Some People Are Saying About The Omar Khadr Settlement And Apology
The Canadian government has settled a long-standing lawsuit by former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr. Here is what some people have to say about it:

What Some People Are Saying About The Omar Khadr Settlement And Apology

Police Seek Man In Alleged Sexual Assault In Park Washroom In Midway, B.C.

MIDWAY, B.C. — Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect involved in an alleged sexual assault in the village of Midway, B.C.

Police Seek Man In Alleged Sexual Assault In Park Washroom In Midway, B.C.

The Proud Boys: Small, Retrograde And 'Willing To Go Places And Disrupt Things'

The Proud Boys: Small, Retrograde And 'Willing To Go Places And Disrupt Things'
HALIFAX — Until this week, few Canadians had heard of the Proud Boys. That changed on Canada Day, when five young men in matching black polo shirts disrupted an Indigenous ceremony in Halifax.

The Proud Boys: Small, Retrograde And 'Willing To Go Places And Disrupt Things'

Flight To Cuba Forced Back To Montreal Due To 'Unruly' Passenger

Flight To Cuba Forced Back To Montreal Due To 'Unruly' Passenger
A Sunwing Airlines flight bound for Cuba had to return to Montreal's Trudeau International Airport on Thursday evening under a fighter jet escort due to an "unruly customer."

Flight To Cuba Forced Back To Montreal Due To 'Unruly' Passenger

Woman Who Stored Remains Of 6 Infants In Storage Locker Shows No Remorse: Crown

Woman Who Stored Remains Of 6 Infants In Storage Locker Shows No Remorse: Crown
WINNIPEG — The Crown says a woman convicted of concealing the bodies of six infants in a Winnipeg storage locker has shown no remorse for her actions.

Woman Who Stored Remains Of 6 Infants In Storage Locker Shows No Remorse: Crown