Trump whines about who signed deal to allow Canada to supply energy to the US - it was him [View all]
Source: The Independent
Wednesday 12 March 2025 12:51 EDT
President Donald Trump took to social media to whine about who negotiated a deal allowing Canada to supply energy to the U.S. — but, it turns out, he made the deal. Amidst the trade tariffs back-and-forth with Canada and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who suspended the province’s 25 percent electricity surcharge on three U.S. states Tuesday, Trump fumed on Truth Social: “Why would our Country allow another Country to supply us with electricity, even for a small area?” “Who made these decisions, and why?” the president demanded.
The decision to maintain the free flow of energy across the borders was part of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and negotiated by Trump in November 2018 during his first term. It was signed into law in January 2020. The trade deal replaced the North America Free Trade Agreement, which Trump branded a “nightmare” at the time.
“America’s great USMCA Trade Bill is looking good. It will be the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA,” Trump boasted on Twitter, now X, in December 2019. “Good for everybody - Farmers, Manufacturers, Energy, Unions - tremendous support. Importantly, we will finally end our Country’s worst Trade Deal, NAFTA!” For more than a century, the U.S. and Canada have traded electricity. The trade deal replaced the North America Free Trade Agreement, which Trump branded a “nightmare” at the time.
“America’s great USMCA Trade Bill is looking good. It will be the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA,” Trump boasted on Twitter, now X, in December 2019. “Good for everybody - Farmers, Manufacturers, Energy, Unions - tremendous support. Importantly, we will finally end our Country’s worst Trade Deal, NAFTA!” For more than a century, the U.S. and Canada have traded electricity.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-canada-tariffs-trade-deal-b2713806.html
Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada 7/1/20
By David Ljunggren
March 14, 2020 3:05 AM EDT Updated 5 years ago
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian Parliament rushed through ratification of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade pact on Friday before taking a three-week break to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, a top government official said.
Canada was the last of the three signatories to formally adopt the pact, prompting congratulations from the United States and Mexico.
The House of Commons lower chamber, which had weeks of deliberations left, agreed the instant approval on Friday after opposition legislators dropped their objections. The upper Senate chamber backed the pact later in the day, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters.
" (This) was entirely within the power of Canadian legislators to do, something we were able to do to help the Canadian economy at this challenging time, and I would like to thank legislators from all parties," she said. The only remaining step is formal approval by the governor-general - the representative of Queen Elizabeth, Canada's head of state - which is a formality.
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