Canada's Trudeau and USA's Trump
USA is "Non Compos Mentis" vis a vis
International Agreements
In my post of yesterday about the threat to humanity posed by military drones...I called Canada "stupid" for not allying itself with a broader range of international partners than USrael and it's other Western vassal states. I said that should the US decide to pull a False Flag or some other nefarious scheme against Canada in its desperation to foment WWIII with Russia/China...we could be caught in the middle and become like western Europe was during WWII...the battleground for the war.
Well, I didn't say those words specifically, but that was the jist of my concerns. My concerns rest firmly on the uncertainty that USrael inserts into every single agreement with every single other nation it deals with. It cannot be relied upon and, as the Russians have said...it is "not contract capable" or as the Latin legal phrase goes is "non compos mentis".
Regular readers know that I've used this term over and over again to describe the United State's reputation on the International Stage. No more so than during the past few days when concerns were raised about Trump's actual mental state by Senators who overheard him ranting away about "Shithole" countries like Haiti and those in Africa (the African states with precious metals that the US has been destabilizing for decades perchance?). Now, everyone knows why Haiti is a shithole...didn't the Clintons fleece it out of millions if not billions of "aid" earmarked to repair the damage cause by the "earthquake" that destroyed the Haitian capital of Port au Prince a few decades ago? Funny how every single negative happenstance on this planet can be traced back to the same perps.
But back to the topic of today's post...which is why Canada should forget about NAFTA or any other agreement with USrael for the time being...until there is a true revolution in that benighted land and the usual suspects are turfed out of the country for....what is it now....the 359th time over the past 1000 years?
Just in case any of my readers are unfamiliar with the North American Free Trade Agreement or as it is called "NAFTA" here is a latest update on the efforts to renew the agreement between Canada, the US and Mexico...
NAFTA uncertainty overshadows Liberal priorities
Earlier in the past week, concerns were raise that the US would back out of negotiations entirely. Please read the following and I will have more comments to follow:
Canada will remain at the negotiation table even if U.S. gives notice, sources say
The Canadian government is actively preparing for the possibility U.S. President Donald Trump could soon signal his intent to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement, Liberal government sources told CBC News.
Despite those preparations for a possible pullout, Canada will stay at the negotiation table even if Trump makes that call, those sources said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Canada is still optimistic there could still be some sort of positive resolution to these fractious trade talks, the sources said, and will continue to pursue its aggressive outreach plans in the U.S., which include meetings with U.S. state governors and lawmakers in Washington.
The next round of NAFTA talks — the sixth so far — will be held in Montreal from Jan. 23 to 28.
Reuters reported earlier Wednesday that Canada is "increasingly convinced" Trump will abandon renegotiation talks and announce he is initiating the withdrawal process. A party's withdrawal takes effect six months after it provides written notice to the other member countries.
In response to the Reuters story, the White House said "there has been no change in the President's position on NAFTA," which offered little clarity as Trump has routinely threatened to walk away if he cannot extract concessions from the other two trade partners.
Canadian officials, speaking to CBC News, said they are prepared for Trump to signal an intent to withdraw in six months by January's end, but no one would be astonished if he opted to keep his officials at the table.
In the meantime, Canadian ministers would use the notice period to keep talking with the White House while taking the fight to allies in the U.S. Congress which votes on American trade pacts.
The mere suggestion of Trump's intent to withdraw put downward pressure on the loonie Wednesday. The Canadian dollar has performed well against its U.S. counterpart so far in 2018. The loonie bounced back late in the trading day after government officials on both sides of the border suggested there was no immediate change in Trump's NAFTA position.
'Zombie NAFTA'
Laura Dawson, the director of the Canada Institute at the Wilson Centre in Washington, said it should come as no surprise that Trump is prepared to use the threat of withdrawal as a negotiating tactic.
"In my opinion, I think at a certain point Donald Trump will launch an intent to withdraw but the difference between the intent to withdraw and fully realizing that objective are very, very different," Dawson said in an interview with CBC's Power and Politics.
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From Iranian PressTV:
Greencrow summarizes: The United States has taken the same position with the Iranian Deal (and with NAFTA) as Israel has historically taken with the UN imposed responsibility to grant statehood to the Palestinians....delay and deny, sabotage and obfuscate...in perpetuity. Can the readers not see the similarities and connect the dots? All the while, according to the Israeli methodology, chip, chip, chip away at the other side...erode their rights and their resources until there is no "need" for negotiations anymore...because the opposition has been destroyed.
This is the big picture with Iran and, IMO, this is also the big picture with Canada and Mexico vis a vis NAFTA. We are being treated just like Iran...and the Palestinians. Actually, Trump's recalcitrance to negotiate in good faith presents Canada (and Mexico) with a fabulous opportunity to extricate ourselves from the spider's web. Nobody would fault Canada if we just changed courses, saying that there's absolutely NO POINT in negotiating with USrael under these fundamentally uncertain conditions. I say...shut the entire thing down and go our own way and do what Canada should have been doing all along for our own future survival...forge alliances, trade and military, with other countries that have a previous reputation for and can:
A) be counted on;
and
B) are sincere in their efforts to achieve a respectful, win-win for all parties.
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Tough-talking Liberal cabinet ministers are delivering a collective message that Canada will "stay strong" to defend the country's interests in the face of escalating trade tensions with the United States.
The economic fallout from trade disputes is top of mind for ministers holding a two-day winter retreat in London, Ont., after Canadian stocks and the dollar fell Wednesday on reports the U.S. is increasingly likely to withdraw from NAFTA.
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said today it's "no secret" the U.S. could signal its intent to withdraw from the agreement, since U.S. President Donald Trump has made that publicly known even before talks began.
She said the government takes the U.S. at its word, and is treating the threat seriously."
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Greencrow says: Then, of course, we just experienced the latest in a series of scares about Trump's mental health...the "shithole" incident--which is yet another red flag that President Donald Trump, at the very least, lacks impulse control and judgment...and does not understand the responsibilities of his office. All these incidents...when added up beg the question...why negotiate with the man at all?
But the biggest red flag of all...when it comes to determining the probability of a successful outcome for Canada of the NAFTA negotiations is what has happened to Iran regarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) deal to lift longstanding sanctions against Iran in return for Iran giving up its right to pursue a nuclear weapons program.
Here is the latest on the international crisis that has been caused by Trump's threat to renege on the JCPOA deal, which involved the participation of several other world powers and years of negotiation by the previous US administration. Please read and I will have final comments to follow:
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Greencrow says: Then, of course, we just experienced the latest in a series of scares about Trump's mental health...the "shithole" incident--which is yet another red flag that President Donald Trump, at the very least, lacks impulse control and judgment...and does not understand the responsibilities of his office. All these incidents...when added up beg the question...why negotiate with the man at all?
But the biggest red flag of all...when it comes to determining the probability of a successful outcome for Canada of the NAFTA negotiations is what has happened to Iran regarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) deal to lift longstanding sanctions against Iran in return for Iran giving up its right to pursue a nuclear weapons program.
Here is the latest on the international crisis that has been caused by Trump's threat to renege on the JCPOA deal, which involved the participation of several other world powers and years of negotiation by the previous US administration. Please read and I will have final comments to follow:
From Iranian PressTV:
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has announced that the country will commit to no obligation beyond those it has already agreed to under an international nuclear deal, amid attempts by the United States to change the terms of the 2015 accord.
In a statement released on Saturday, the ministry said that US President Donald Trump once again had to extend waivers that are mandatory under the deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
“The internal solidity of and international support for the agreement have blocked attempts by Mr. Trump, the Zionist regime [of Israel], and the ominous alliance of hard-line warmongers to terminate this agreement or make changes to it,” the ministry said.
On Friday, Trump extended waivers of key economic sanctions on Iran for another 120 days but said he was doing so “for the last time.”
Although the US president declined to seize an opportunity to withdraw from the Iran deal — which he has long railed against and formerly promised to “rip up” — he gave a four-month deadline to US Congress and America’s main European allies to address what he called the “disastrous flaws” of the deal.
Greencrow summarizes: The United States has taken the same position with the Iranian Deal (and with NAFTA) as Israel has historically taken with the UN imposed responsibility to grant statehood to the Palestinians....delay and deny, sabotage and obfuscate...in perpetuity. Can the readers not see the similarities and connect the dots? All the while, according to the Israeli methodology, chip, chip, chip away at the other side...erode their rights and their resources until there is no "need" for negotiations anymore...because the opposition has been destroyed.
This is the big picture with Iran and, IMO, this is also the big picture with Canada and Mexico vis a vis NAFTA. We are being treated just like Iran...and the Palestinians. Actually, Trump's recalcitrance to negotiate in good faith presents Canada (and Mexico) with a fabulous opportunity to extricate ourselves from the spider's web. Nobody would fault Canada if we just changed courses, saying that there's absolutely NO POINT in negotiating with USrael under these fundamentally uncertain conditions. I say...shut the entire thing down and go our own way and do what Canada should have been doing all along for our own future survival...forge alliances, trade and military, with other countries that have a previous reputation for and can:
A) be counted on;
and
B) are sincere in their efforts to achieve a respectful, win-win for all parties.
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Breaking News: NAFTA uncertainty overshadows Canadian Government priorities...Now we know how Iranians feel! - News Paper
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