OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is keeping up the pressure on the Trump administration, warning that Canada’s support for the updated North American trade pact may hinge on the U.S. lifting tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. Freeland, who met Monday in Washington with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, says many Canadians have serious questions about ratifying the new NAFTA as long as those tariffs are still in place. Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland speaks to media following a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. oreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is trying to keep the pressure on the Trump administration about the ratification of the updated North American trade pact. “I also made the point to Ambassador Lighthizer that the existence of these tariffs, for many Canadians, raises some serious questions about NAFTA ratification,” Freeland said following Monday’s meeting. “I have heard from a lot of Canadians that they would be really troubled by Canada moving forward with ratification while the tariffs are still in place.

Source: thestar March 25, 2019 20:26 UTC