For all his talk about working with foreign governments, Barack Obama seems to have irked Canada before he's even been elected.How does $5.00 a gallon gasoline sound?
Obama, Clinton err on NAFTA (Toronto Star, 02/29/08):
...In a debate in Ohio this week, Clinton bluntly vowed to tell "Canada and Mexico that we will opt out (of the North American Free Trade Agreement) unless we renegotiate the core labour and environmental standards." Not to be outdone, Obama quickly echoed her: "I think actually Senator Clinton's answer on this one is right."
...Prime Minister Stephen Harper rightly told Parliament yesterday, U.S. politicians who want to reopen NAFTA need to consider that Canadians have issues we'd like to raise.
...A U.S. push to reopen NAFTA now would invite Canada to use its leverage as the biggest fuel supplier to the U.S. to bargain for better terms. That would not be in the interest of U.S. consumers and jobs.
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