Trade Agreement: Armchair Discussion and Yankee Stadium

trade agreement: During a speech at the New York University commencement at Yankee Stadium, the prime minister spoke at length on the merits of diversity and the risks of aggressive nationalism, according to National Observer. Looming over everything is the North American Free Trade Agreement and the expected failure of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico to meet an artificial deadline today, set to try and seal a new deal before the Mexican federal elections this summer or U.S. congressional elections in the fall throw new curveballs at the process. Trudeau will spend the second morning of his three-day U.S. tour his 16th visit to the United States as prime minister participating in what is billed as an armchair discussion on economics and international trade at the Economic Club of New York. ; The trip is mainly focused on trade and drumming up investment for Canada, although Trudeau veered off that course Wednesday morning. Coupled with ongoing struggles to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion built, Canada's ability to compete on the world stage and confidence in its ability to attract investment are currently flagged as questionable. Most of those he met with publicly agreed. In a series of meetings with a lengthy list of international investment executives and U.S. CEOs Wednesday, Trudeau time and again tried to counter those fears, pushing Canada as a great place to do business. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.