Even before the negotiations to revise and modernize NAFTA begin on Aug. 16, a red line has been drawn in the sand between Canada and the United States: Chapter 19, on the “Review and Dispute Settlement in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Matters.”
According to a document released on July 17 that outlines the Trump administration’s objectives for the NAFTA renegotiation, the United States is looking to eliminate Chapter 19, pure and simple. For Canada—and probably Mexico—this is an unacceptable position and could lead to scrapping negotiation talks altogether should the Americans insist on Chapter 19’s removal. Indeed, a senior Canadian official told the Globe and Mail that for the Trudeau government, U.S. insistences that Chapter 19 must be excised might prompt Canada to walk away from the table.
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