The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau on 3rd July’20 stated that he was still unsure whether he would travel to Washington D.C. next week to celebrate a new North American trade treaty. The issue of US tariffs on aluminium is holding him back is the most possible reason.
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump next week, has said he would like Trudeau to attend.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, President of Mexico, who is due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump next week, has said: “He would like Trudeau to attend.”
Trudeau said: "We're still in discussions with the Americans about whether a trilateral summit next week makes sense. We're concerned about the proposed issue of tariffs on aluminium and steel that the Americans have floated recently."
U.S. national security tariffs on imported aluminium - including from Canada and Mexico - were a vital torment during negotiations for the United States-Mexico-Canada trade deal, which was reached last year and entered into force on 1st July.
However, presently the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is considering domestic producers' appeal to reinstate the 10% duty on Canadian aluminium to counter an overflow of imports.
Disquietude about the "health situation and the coronavirus reality that is still hitting all three of our countries" is another factor in his decision on whether to go to Washington, Trudeau said.
The spread of the COVID-19 has slowed steadily in Canada over the past eight weeks, but new cases are spiking in many U.S. states.
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