Posted August 25, 2022 6:04 pm
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says former U.S. President Donald Trump used “bully” tactics during negotiations for a new North American free-trade agreement more than two years ago.
Freeland is responding to a characterization of herself as a frustrating and difficult negotiator in a new memoir by Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner.
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Freeland was the foreign affairs minister at the time and as such was Canada’s chief negotiator in the talks.
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‘No guarantees’ in trading relationship with Trump administration, Freeland says – Sep 15, 2020
In his book Breaking History, Kushner accuses Freeland of purposely stalling negotiations and speaking publicly about the talks against the wishes of the White House.
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