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Column: Trump trashes the trade deal he negotiated and lauded

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U.S. President Donald Trump, left and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on Nov. 30, 2018. Getty Images. (Getty Images)
March 04, 2025 02:48 PM

Based on the evidence, U.S. President Donald Trump is anything but a master negotiator. By his own admission, he’s an abject failure, at least when it comes to negotiating automotive clauses in a free-trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.

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