NAFTA Canada demands U.S. end ‘right to work’ laws as part of NAFTA talks

Canada must not get it; Trump went into these negotiations wanting a better business deal and Canada's proposes that we make things harder on American business.

I'm going to follow this as closely I can because I really want to see if Trump is the negotiator he says he is. I went into this believing he is, so I'm looking forward to the outcome.

 

i like to see the Canadian truckers to stop bringing loads across the border in the us and back hauling to canada they are mainly cheap running india drivers under cutting the us truckers loads here , and they skirt the rules here more since canada regs are more less regulated
most of the trucks they drive are very old Smoke and are crap and falling apart and fail inspections when they get caught

 

These demands will go over like a lead balloon.

 

Some interesting reading here...
https://theconservativetreehouse.co...-freeland-demands-control-of-u-s-legislation/

 

I just want to know how unions represent higher labor standards. If anything, unions represent lower standards.

 

Canada needs to talk more to Mexico than to the US. An average auto plant worker in Mexico is paid an average of $4 per hour. That's at least 9 times less than anywhere in the USA and where US and Canadian jobs are going.

 

Unrealistic at best. Though, it may mean lesser demands don't seem as unreasonable.

 

That would be great!

 

I hope this isn't a non-negotiable on Canada's part cause ain't gonna happen

 

Are you KIDDING ME? The US seeks to address a trade imbalance, and Canada thinks it can actually demand to change our State Laws. If there was any doubt of our 'European friends', this leaves no doubt. They were never friends, they simply sought to abuse the US and for decades we permitted it. I'd tell them "No, even if I could, there's that pesky 10th Amendment. Focus back on the trade imbalances, or we'll leave the agreement."

 

They are just negotiations.

You often lead off with impossible demands to get the ball rolling.

 

We'll only agree if the Mounties start riding ostriches.

That would be worth it.

 

Canada is sooooo arrogant....

 

In a negotiation, each side has to get something. I think a lot of Trump supporters believe that he will wring concessions out of Canada and Mexico without offering anything in return. I also think Trump (and his supporters) tend to see negotiations as a zero-sum game, such that if they "win", others must necessarily lose.

A consequence of this mindset is that they see the other side "losing" as an end in itself, because if the other side "loses" something then America must necessarily be "winning".

I'm not saying the Canadian demands are a good thing, just that a renegotiation of NAFTA will require compromises from everyone. It won't be an entirely one-way street.