Trudeau urges Trump to remove steel tariffs at G-20 trade agreement signing

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY JOHN BOWDEN - 11/30/18 07:52 AM EST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged President Trump to remove steel and aluminum tariffs implemented by the U.S. earlier this year during public remarks at the G-20 summit in Argentina.

Speaking at a ceremony for the signing of an updated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Trudeau called on the U.S. to remove tariffs that affect Canadian steel and aluminum exports, which the Canadian Prime Minister has in the past called an "affront" to Canada and its longstanding relationship with the United States.

"Donald, it's all the more reason why we need to keep working to remove the tariffs on steel and aluminum between our countries," Trudeau said Friday.

Link to tweet

Trudeau's remarks occurred during a signing ceremony for the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement, an updated trade agreement for the North American countries that the Trump administration hopes to see ratified by Congress in the following months.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/419056-trudeau-presses-trump-to-remove-tariffs-at-g-20-trade-agreement-signing

[watoos]

1. Well that just insured that the tariffs will stay on.

Trump doesn't listen to reason.

[Maxheader]

2. Thats gotta be tough...

Spending time talking with adults and then have to go down
to that level where they explain something to a child...How
embarrassing for the country...

[True Blue American]

4. Trump was posturing. Trudeau

Was looking as if,” Get me away from this buffoon.”

[Ilsa]

3. Trump opened his speech saying it was afternoon.

It was 9:25 am local time.

Then he went on about the new nafta deal bringing back jobs to the US.