“With the fragile condition of NAFTA, the trade agenda for Canada, as a narrative, writes itself. Manley dismissed the government’s concern that agreeing to content provisions for automobiles in the new TPP might affect similar chapters in the ongoing NAFTA negotiations. Rules of origin in TPP have no linkage to rules of origin in NAFTA,” said Manley. The decision angered the Australians in particular with one of its media outlets saying Canada “screwed” its fellow TPP countries. Japan has continually rebuffed Canadian overtures to negotiate a bilateral deal because it sees the TPP as satisfying that function.

Source: National Post December 18, 2017 20:26 UTC