Trade Pact Is Signed at G-20, but Rift Remains for Trump and Trudeau
12/1/18
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from The New York Times,
11/30/18:
He has called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada “very dishonest and weak.”
He has also, perhaps jokingly, accused Canada — which came into formal being in 1867 — of burning down the White House during the War of 1812.
But on Friday morning, President Trump, Mr. Trudeau and Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, signed a North American trade pact after 14 months of acrimonious negotiations.
The leaders of the United States and Canada appeared cordial — Mr. Trudeau even addressed his counterpart as “Donald” — even though their words and body language in recent months have suggested that their once-warm rapport had become as icy as a Canadian winter.
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