Quebec will strongly resist any compromises in trade talks with U.S.: Couillard
MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is talking tough on the question of supply management now that the focus switches to Canada after a new trade deal has been reached between the United States and Mexico.
“There will be no compromises by my government,” Couillard said Monday. “On that we will have to be excessively clear.”
The Quebec Liberal party leader made his declaration while campaigning for the Oct. 1 election in Trois-Rivieres, Que.
Couillard’s remarks came after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. and Mexico have reached a bilateral trade “understanding” that could lead to an overhaul — or perhaps the termination — of the three-country North American Free Trade Agreement.