Cont: The Trump Presidency X: 10-10 'til we do it again

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Meet the new NAFTA, almost the same as the old NAFTA but with a different name. On Sunday night, senior officials in the Canadian government confirmed that their government had reached a tentative deal with the United States for a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Astonishingly, the new trade agreement is only a minor shift from the status quo and from previous agreements.
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Linky.

It was a joke before that he was just going to rename NAFTA and claim victory. Turns out that is exactly what is happening.
 
Classic Trump tactic: create a crisis where there was none, and then claiming victory for averting the worst when he stops his sabotage.
 
Tsukasa Buddha said:
Linky.

It was a joke before that he was just going to rename NAFTA and claim victory. Turns out that is exactly what is happening.
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So in a nutshell, the biggest change to the original NAFTA is just the name.

The only other change favourable to the US is Canada allowing a 0.35% increased access to its dairy market from what they were originally willing to concede 8 years ago, and the Canadian dairy tariffs will still be in place either way.

But....

Trump got to change the name of the agreement.

Winning !




Too bad old farts like myself will continue to refer to it as NAFTA, as we've been doing for the past 24 years of our lives.

:rolleyes:
 
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Trump Tweets

"Late last night, our deadline, we reached a wonderful new Trade Deal with Canada, to be added into the deal already reached with Mexico. The new name will be The United States Mexico Canada Agreement, or USMCA. It is a great deal for all three countries, solves the many......"

"....deficiencies and mistakes in NAFTA, greatly opens markets to our Farmers and Manufacturers, reduces Trade Barriers to the U.S. and will bring all three Great Nations together in competition with the rest of the world. The USMCA is a historic transaction!"

"Congratulations to Mexico and Canada!"
 
I was in grad school in chemistry years ago and we could not recruit enough Americans to fill teaching assistant slots. Half were Asian and a few Europeans. They stayed 4-5 years and got their American degree. They either married an American or went home. There were no visas after the degree, other than a 2 year post doc job.
 
It just sounds better, is all. But I suspect Trump would never have accepted the US anywhere other than at the start of the name, as stated by Steve.
 
SezMe said:
You would.
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Can I just point out, for the record, that the House is actually a completely worthless political entity? Even if the House does something that someone pays attention to, it has to be up to the Senate to do it properly. And then, after the Senate does it in an acceptable way, it goes back to the house, who just approves what the Senate does.

The only thing the House has for it is that all spending bills have to originate there. But given that, all they do is slop something together and let the Senate deal with the hard work, if they want to.

Now, an opposition house would have a lot of power. But the House, as it is now, is pretty much worthless.
 
AnonyMoose said:
Trump becomes president, and suddenly black people everywhere are now getting jobs.

He's a magic man, I tell you. A magic man!




Such a great song.

Who knew that they were actually singing about Donald Trump all this time?
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Heart's 1993 album had a track called "My Crazy Head." That's more fitting for Trump, IMO.
 
Steve said:
They never would have completed the deal if the US didn't get its name first. Some things are just too important to concede.
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I figured for sure he was going to demand the name be changed to something more along the lines of:

Trump Rules Obama Drools

or

Trump's Bestest Deal Ever
 
Belz... said:
Yeah, should've called it the CAMUS, instead.
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At least CAMUS rolls nicely off the tongue.

And it puts Canada first, which only makes sense... since we're the ones geographically sitting at the very top of the continent. First in line, king of the mountain, top of the pyramid, etc etc.

:p
 
AnonyMoose said:
At least CAMUS rolls nicely off the tongue.

And it puts Canada first, which only makes sense... since we're the ones geographically sitting at the very top of the continent. First in line, king of the mountain, top of the pyramid, etc etc.

:p
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Plus, you know, it puts the countries alphabetically which is only fair.
 
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