President Donald Trump suggested that a trade deal with Canada is expected to be secured “fairly soon” after negotiations collapsed in August.
“Canada wants to make a deal very bad,” Trump said on Sept. 12, after a bilateral meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin.
Trump’s remarks came in response to a reporter’s question about whether he was considering withdrawing from the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA).
“It’s a strange question to be asked over here,” Trump responded while sitting next to Martin in Ireland.
“No, we’re going to have a great relationship with Mexico. We actually have a good one with Canada, but the United States has been ripped off for 50 years by Canada.” …