MONTREAL — Former prime minister Jean Chretien says he doesn’t believe U.S. President Donald Trump will scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement. “Canada has benefited from NAFTA, the United States has benefited from NAFTA and Mexico has benefited from NAFTA,” he said Wednesday. “To put all that in the garbage, I don’t think that will happen tomorrow.”The former prime minister said there have always been trade problems but that they are solved on a case-by-case basis. Chretien also pointed to the Canada-U.S. auto pact, which was signed in 1965, as further evidence of the benefits of the two countries working together. The auto pact was cancelled in 2001 after it was found to be contrary to international trade rules.

Source: National Post November 15, 2017 20:41 UTC