It's almost certain that the highs and lows of Justin Trudeau's first three years in office will be defined by the nearly 14 months his government has spent negotiating a new trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico. Mulroney knows what it's like to make a political gamble on a trade deal. Back when he was in power, the public and most of the premiers saw little benefit to a free trade deal with the United States. Trudeau's own bottom line in these talks was always that no deal would be better than a bad deal. President Donald Trump speaks about the new trade deal between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico outside the White House on Monday.

Source: CBC News October 01, 2018 20:00 UTC