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stop. hello and welcome to 100 days. president trump meets canada's justin trudeau. with very different views on trade and immigration, the neighbours will have to find a way to get along. it's the president's first face—to—face meeting with the liberal leader, who has already taken shots at mr trump's immigration ban. we'll be live at the white house for theirjoint news conference, which is due to start very soon. white house intrigue — did the president's national security adviser discuss us sanctions with the russian ambassador? and does he still have the backing of his boss? also, building the wall — we'll meet the mexicans who are already working to reinforce the us border. and, testing the president — how might the trump administration respond to north korea's latest missile launch? when it comes to immigration, climate change, free trade
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and perhaps a whole host of other important issues, donald trump and justin trudeau are polar opposites. yes, it is going to be a "delicate" afternoon for the canadian prime minister. he is in washington for theirfirst meeting. but a crucially important one given donald trump's threat to renegotiate the north american free trade agreement, nafta as it is known. trade between the two countries is currently worth some $660 billion. last year the us had a slight trading surplus in goods and services — around $12 billion. they share the world's longest international border and across it they do $2 billion of trade every day. but here is why this relationship is so crucially important to the canadians — 75% of their exports go to the united states. which is why any new tariffs would have a huge knock—on effect. this is the scene at the white
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house. everybody congregating and the various anchors going through their paces. we will take you live there wendy two leaders appear. —— there wendy two leaders appear. —— there when the two. we can speak to roland paris. he is a former foreign policy advisor to justin trudeau and now a professor of international affairs at the university of ottawa. do you think it is possible for the two to find common ground? entirely possible. we will see what happens in the press conference but all of the indications are that the meeting has gone well. they issued a statement that emphasised building conditions forjobs statement that emphasised building conditions for jobs and statement that emphasised building conditions forjobs and both countries, a priority for both leaders, and i think they were both determined to make this a positive meeting. indeed they have differences, you mentioned a number of them in your introduction. it will be forjustin trudeau and —— a
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matter of managing the differences and striking a balance over the coming years. it is one thing to have one positive meeting, it is another to develop effective mutually beneficial foreign policy between the two. you have already had justin trudeau when the immigration and was introduced, saying immigrants are welcome to canada. it was not a subtle dig. one positive meeting is better than one bad meeting or a terrible phone call. true! i agree it will be a long—term challenge. the purpose of the meeting was for them to establish a relationship and move forward and that will be important the moving forward the positive agenda where they have common interests but also dealing with some of the differences. canadians expect their prime minister both to strike a working effective relationship with the us president and to uphold
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canadian values and stand up for canadian values and stand up for canadian interests. justin trudeau is demonstrating that he will be able to walk that line but a lot depends on what donald trump does in the next weeks, months and years, indeed the next few minutes. we have just shown our viewers why the relationship is potentially imbalanced. 70 cents —— 75% of american exports go to the us, so you can talk tough but at some point he will have to back off and accommodate the president. not necessarily. it is an imbalanced relationship but there are 35 of the 50 us states that have canada as their principal export market. that relationship is responsible or supporting millions of jobs relationship is responsible or supporting millions ofjobs in the us. there is no indication that donald trump other people around him see canada as a problem for them economically. canada has not been singled out internationally even
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when donald cup has been attacking nafta. my reading of this is cautious optimism on the economic side. we are focused on brexit here but i wonderfor the side. we are focused on brexit here but i wonder for the canadians how life has changed in recent months. you were negotiating a deal with the eu and the british government said, hey, what about brexit, and then suddenly donald trump and picks nafta. has that shifted the focus in canada over the past few months? indeed it has. there is no question that the rate in ship with the us is a lwa ys that the rate in ship with the us is always primordialfor that the rate in ship with the us is always primordial for canada. —— that the rate in ship with the us is always primordialfor canada. —— be relationship with. so many of the reasons you mentioned in the introduction. the government was planning for difference in a rio ‘s —— scenarios but the government were as surprised as anybody. that
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canadians are great pleased that the canada— eu trade agreement moved forward and canadians are committed to open trade and the government is seeking to expand trade relationships with asia as well. we will come back to you because we still waiting for the press conference to take place. we will get your thoughts on it as and well it happens. let's look at a relationship which is not going well currently fill the americans, north korea on the back of iran testing a missile did the same. the president has been pretty restrained in his response but what will happen going forward? looking at what donald trump did
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over the weekend after the north koreans tested this missile and his response to it, what did you make of the president and how he faced his first real international test?” believe first real international test?|j believe he made the correct response, basically saying that we stand behind the japanese, without overreacting, was —— without talking about steps that the us and the allies might take to this violation ofa allies might take to this violation of a security council resolution. i give him good marks for being restrained, because now he has a lot of options on the table. clearly north korea was testing the new administration, they would like to get into these ideological and policy skirmishes, and i think the president kept his options open. the next test is, what do we do? there are not good options there. the first is go to the security council
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at the un, which we are doing now, possibly more sanctions, at the very least a condemnation of this ballistic missile, which was intermediate, not a long one, not routine but a provocation nonetheless. full disclosure, you area nonetheless. full disclosure, you are a democrat and you don't hear many democrat ever saying donald trump does the right thing at the moment, so i appreciate that. on the relationship with china in the context of north korea, you think america hasn't got a particularly good dealfrom the america hasn't got a particularly good deal from the chinese over north korea. what do you think the trump administration could do differently with beijing? clearly beijing has not helped us. i have never felt that they have wanted to because they want that instability in east asia. what do we do? i think sending a ballistic missiles
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cooperative agreement with south korea, with japan, would get beijing's attention. they do not wa nt beijing's attention. they do not want this kind of geopolitical move on our part and i think we have to proceed with that. then it is careful negotiations between the us and china, which i do think president trump has corrected a bit by forgetting about taiwan, saying we have one china policy, but we haven't started out well with china, we have said we will impose all kinds of tariffs on them, kind of a competitive warlike atmosphere that we seem to have generated from the campaign. china will be key but i don't think china is the answer, i don't think china is the answer, i don't think china is the answer, i don't think they will help us on north korea, i think we have to find new ways to deal with north korea that are not on the table. new ways to deal with north korea that are not on the tablelj new ways to deal with north korea that are not on the table. i wonder ifi that are not on the table. i wonder if i could ask you about the national security adviser, michael
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flynn. 0f national security adviser, michael flynn. of course he would have been in the president's here with regard to north korea but he has faced his own headlines over the weekend. as a diplomat you would understand that he had to work the back channels with the russians and he would have been talking about sanctions. would that be a problem view? no. i think the national security adviser, obviously he has a lot of questions to answer. yes, it is a problem if there were discussions while president 0bama was still the president. he will have to answer that with the president, the vice president, other groups. the national security adviser is key on decisions on security issues like north korea, iran, russia. he orshe coordinates the state department, defence department, cia, joint
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policy recommendations that go to the president. while i think general flynn deserves a day in court, obviously, this issue on the russian discussions needs to be cleared up and very soon. we have had our two—minute warning at the press conference so we will have to go to washington to the press conference with justin trudeau. let's ta ke with justin trudeau. let's take you straight to the east room in the white house. you can see their raids moving around —— aides. you heard roland parris saying earlier that the canadians are wea ker earlier that the canadians are weaker economically but the prime minister will stand up for canadian values, he has also made some
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criticism of donald trump and his immigration policy. they have to work together, they have this long powder and they are important to each other, but it will be interesting to watch the body language. that is very interesting, because i am not into body language or anything like that, but watching them at the photocall it didn't look like the easiest meeting, there was not the long handshake he gave to shinzo abe, it was a bit more strained, and they have things on which they will agree, and cross—border trade may be one, although they have different perspectives, climate issue is one area where they will clash, because donald trump has several climate sceptics in his inner circle and he seems the part —— determine to and do large parts of president 0bama's legacy, but the keystone pipeline project which will carry oil from canada to the gold coast refineries,
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thatis canada to the gold coast refineries, that is something they will see eye to eye on very much. justin trudeau like that, the canadian government acknowledged that it was the first executive order that the president signed, it was a gift to the canadians. but i do think climate change will be a sticking point between them. these are two men with three different worldviews. i will try to find areas of agreement but one of them is pursuing a very conservative policy here in the us, socially, on climate change, economic ‘s comic immigration, and aides is known as the liberal leader of north america right now. —— economics, immigration. he is the man who goes to meet the syrian refugees, while president trump is trying to keep them out. the relationship with kanepi will
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the very different to the relationship with mexico. —— with canada. yes, americans feel they have a lot more in common with canada than with mexico. mexico is an emerging economy, canada is a fully first world economy, a place americans might visit on holiday, canadians come to america quite easily on their holidays, so there is a lot of cross—border traffic not just their holidays, so there is a lot of cross—border traffic notjust on trade but on tourism. 0ne cross—border traffic notjust on trade but on tourism. one of the arguments on the wall has been a national security argument that the republicans have raids, the argument about terrorists coming across. —— have raised. the only terrorist to do so has come across the canadian border, not the mexican. they will talk about nato as well, i
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would expect. canada is very much an important nato partner and doing a lot in eastern europe at the moment, as they always do, but they don't spend as much, they not up to the 2% barrier that nato would like to see. they are in the doghouse when it comes to nato spending, the president very keen for other nato members to pick up the slack. canada spending around i% so i imagine he is putting pressure on him to up military spending. from the statement we have had and roland parris has been referring to that, the statement has been fairly positive. and here they are, here we go. the president and prime minister of canada. thank you. prime minister trudeau,
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and a half of all americans i think you are being with us today. —— on behalf. it is my honour to host such a great friend, neighbour and ally at the white house, a very special place. this year canada celebrates the 150th year of confederation. for americans this is one of the many milestones in our friendships and we look forward very much to many more to come. 0ur look forward very much to many more to come. our two nations share much more than a border. we share the same values, we share the love, a truly great love of freedom, and we share a collective defence. american and canadian troops have gone to battle together, fought wars together and forged the special bonds that come when two nations have shed their blood together,
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which we have. in these dangerous times it is more important than ever that we continue to strengthen our vital alliance. the us is deeply grateful to canada's vital alliance. the us is deeply grateful to ca nada's contribution vital alliance. the us is deeply grateful to canada's contribution to counter isis. we continue to work in common and in common cause against terrorism and work in common cooperation towards reciprocal trade and shared growth. we understand that both of our countries are stronger when wejoin that both of our countries are stronger when we join forces in matters of international, is one having morejobs matters of international, is one having more jobs and trade matters of international, is one having morejobs and trade right here in north america is betterfor the united states and also much better for canada. we should coordinate closely and we will coordinate closely and we will coordinate closely. to protectjobs in our hemisphere and keep wealth on
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our continent and keep everyone safe. prime minister, i pledged to work with you in pursuit of our many shared interests, including a stronger shared trading relationship between the us and canada, it includes safe efficient and responsible cross—border travel and migration and it includes close partnership on domestic and international security. america is deeply fortunate to have a neighbour like canada. we have before us the opportunity to build even more bridges and ridges of cooperation and ridges of commerce. —— bridges of cooperation. both of us are committed to bringing greater prosperity to our people. we have just had a productive meeting with
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women business leaders from the us and canada where we discussed how to secure everything that we know the full power of women can do better than anybody else. we know that. i just want to say mr prime minister, that i am focused and you are focused on the important role women play in our economies. we must work to address the barriers faced by women and women entrepreneurs, including access to capital, access to markets and very importantly access to networks. in our discussion today we will focus on improving the ways our governments together can benefits citizens of both the us and canada and in so doing advance the greater peace and stability of the world. mr prime
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minister, i look forward to working closely with you to build upon our very historic friendship. there are incredible possibilities for us to pursue, canada and the us together. again, thank you forjoining us and i know our discussions will be very, very productive for the future of both countries, mr prime minister. thank you, mr president. thank you, everybody, forjoining us. i would like to extend my sincere thanks to president trump for inviting me to washington. any day i get to visit our southern neighbours is a good day, especially when it is so warm compared to back home. we are suffering from a harsh winter storm which is hitting our atlantic promises. i hope everybody stays
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safe. he speaks french new like rope we had the opportunity to talk about opportunities between our countries. no other neighbours in the entire world or is fundamentally linked as we are. we fought in conflict zones together, negotiated environmental treaties, including 1991's historic air quality agreement, and we have entered into ground—breaking economic contracts which have helped both peoples. we share a common history as well as people to people ties which make us completely
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integrated. our workers are connected by trade, transportation and cross—border commerce. our communities rely on each other for security, stability and economic prosperity. ourfamilies security, stability and economic prosperity. our families have long lived and worked together. we know that more often than not our victories are shared and just as we celebrate together so, too, do we suffer loss and heartbreak together. through it all the foundational pillar on which our relationship is built is one of mutual respect and thatis built is one of mutual respect and that is a good thing, because as we know bullish on ships between neighbours are pretty complexity and we won't always agree on every thing. —— relationships are twain neighbours. thanks to our respect to one another we can look negotiate those and remain the closest allies and friends. at the end of the day
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canada and the us will always remain each other's most essential partner. today's conversations have served to reinforce how important that is for canadians and americans. as we know, 35 us states list canada as their largest export market and our economies benefit from the over $2 billion in two—way trade that takes place every single day. millions of good middle—class jobs on place every single day. millions of good middle—classjobs on both sides of the border depend on this crucial partnership. maintaining strong economic ties is vital to our mutual success and we will continue to work closely in coming years so that canadian and american families can get ahead. he speaks french
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our economies benefit from the over $2 billion that take place every day. millions of good middle—class jobs on both sides of the border depend on this crucial partnership. maintaining strong economic ties is vital to our economic success and we will continue to work closely in coming years so that canadian and american families can get ahead. i would like to highlight a few specifics that president trump and i discussed today. at the end of the day the president and i sherrock, goal. we both want to make sure that hard—working folks goal. we both want to make sure that ha rd—working folks can goal. we both want to make sure that hard—working folks can go to work at a good job, put food on the table and save up for a vacation every once in awhile. —— the president and i share once in awhile. —— the president and ishare a once in awhile. —— the president and i share a common goal. today we reiterated that we are committed to collaborating on energy
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infrastructure jobs that will create jobs and respect the environment. as we know investing in infrastructure isa we know investing in infrastructure is a great way to create the kind of economic growth that our countries desperately need. in that vein, we know that ensuring equal opportunities for women in the workforce is essential for growing the economy and maintaining american and canadian competitiveness on the world stage. as such, the president andl world stage. as such, the president and i have agreed to the creation of the president and united states council for the promotion of women entrepreneurs and business leaders. this is more about dollars and cents, this is about ensuring that women have access to the same opportunities as men... studio: you are watching bbc news. if you want to continue watching this, for viewers of bbc four, you
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can continue on the bbc news channel. we have continued to fight together to fight the trade in opioids across our border. we will do everything we can to ensure the safety of canadians and americans. ladies and gentlemen, president come, i know that if our countries continue to work together our people will greatly benefit from this cooperation. —— president trump. in orderto cooperation. —— president trump. in order to tackle pressing foreign and domestic issues we must work with our closest allies, learn from each other and stand in solidarity asa each other and stand in solidarity as a united voice. the level of economic and social integration that is and matched on the world stage and we will always be a model of how to be good neighbours. winston
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churchill once said, that long canadian frontier from the atlantic to the pacific ocean, guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations, is an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world. that, my friends, is the very essence of the canada—us relationship. i look forward to working with president trump income coming years to nurture and build on this relationship. merci beaucoup. we will take a couple of questions. report are —— reporter:. you spoke about the need to build bridges, or though you have
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philosophical differences. how do you see this relationship playing out and are there any specific areas on which you decided to perhaps altar and amend your stances on issues like terrorism and administration? prime minister trudeau, how do you see this relationship compared to that under the obama administration? we just began discussions, we are going to have a great relationship with canada, we have some great ideas on immigration, strong and tough ideas on the tremendous problem we have with terrorism, and when we put them together we have a group of very talented people and we will see obvious results. we are also doing some cross—border things that will make it a lot easier to trade and a
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lot faster for trade. through technology we have some really great ideas and they will be implemented fairly quickly. one of the things we spoke about was the fact that security and immigration need to work well together and certainly canada has emphasised security, as we look towards improving our immigration system and remaining true to our values, and we had a strong and fruitful discussion on exactly that. there is plenty we can draw from each other on in terms of how to move towards a common goal, to create free and open societies that keep our citizens safe, and that keep our citizens safe, and thatis that keep our citizens safe, and that is something we have a lot in common on. reporter: mr president, mr prime minister, and mr prime minister can
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you answer in english and french? bit of a follow on from my american colleague's question will stop president trump, you seemed to suggest that syrian refugees were a kind of trojan horse. can you confirm that the northern border is secure? through the incredible efforts already i see it happening of secretary kelly. we have really done a greatjob. we are actually taking people that are criminals, hardened criminals in some cases, with a tremendous track record of abuse and problems, and we are getting them out. that's what i said we would do. i'm just doing what i said we would do when we won by a large electoral couege do when we won by a large electoral college vote. i knew that was going
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to happen, i knew this is what people were wanting. that wasn't the only reason, that wasn't the anything but we did so well, that was something that was very important. i said we would get the criminals out, the drug lords, the gang members. general kelly is doing a fantasticjob. i said at the beginning we are going to get the bad ones. the really bad ones. we are getting them out and that's exactly what we are doing. i think in the end everyone will be extremely happy, and i will tell you right now. a lot of people are very, very happy right now. canada has always understood that keeping canadians safe is one of the fundamental responsibilities of any government, that is certainly something we are focused on. at the same time we continue to pursue our policies of openness towards
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immigration and refugees, without compromising security. part of the reason we have been successful in doing that over the past year, welcoming close to 40,000 syrian refugees, is because we have been coordinating with our allies, the united states and around the world, to demonstrate that security comes very seriously to us. that's something that we continue to deal with. translation: it is clear that if you want to have a healthy and safe society, you have to make sure that you maintain, that you focus on security. and we have welcome to refugees from syria, we have been successful and always ta ken refugees from syria, we have been successful and always taken our responsibility towards security very seriously. and our allies, including the united states, understand this focus very well and they have done so since the beginning. president
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trump, now you been in office and received intelligence briefings spend nearly one month, what do you see as the most important national security matters facing us. prime minister trudeau, you made clear that canada has an open door policy for syrian refugees. do you believe president trump's moratoria on immigration has merit on national security grounds? many problems. when i was campaigning, i said it's not a good situation. now that i see it, including with our intelligence briefings, we have problems, a lot of people have no idea how serious they are. not only internationally, but when you come right here. obviously north korea is a big, big problem and we will deal with that very strongly. we have problems all
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over the middle east, we have problems just about every corner of the globe, no matter where you look. i had the globe, no matter where you look. ihada the globe, no matter where you look. i had a great meeting this weekend with prime minister abe ofjapan. we got to know each other very well. an extended weekend. we were with each other for long periods of time. otherfor long periods of time. on the home front, we have to create borders, we have to let people that can love our country in. i want to do that. we want to have a big, beautiful open door, we want people to come into our country. but we cannot let the wrong people in. i will not allow that to happen during this administration. citizens of our country want that, and that's their attitude, i will tell you. country want that, and that's their attitude, iwill tell you. we country want that, and that's their attitude, i will tell you. we are getting such praise for our stance, and its stance of common sense.
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maybe a certain toughness but it's more than toughness, it's a stance of common sense. we are going to it vigorously, and we don't want to have our country have the kinds of problems that you are witnessing taking place not only here but all over the world. we won't stand for it, we won't put up with it. we aren't going to let it happen. we aren't going to let it happen. we are going to give ourselves every bit of chance, so that things go well for the united states. canada and the united states have been neighbours a long time. canadians and americans have stood together, worked together at home and around the world. we fought and died together on battlefields in world war i and world war ii, in korea, in afghanistan. but there have been times where we have differed in our approaches. that's always been done firmly and
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respectfully. the last thing canadians expect is for me to come down and lecture another country on how they choose to govern themselves. my role, my responsibility is to continue to govern in such a way that reflects canadians' approach and be a positive example in the world. mr president, i will ask my question in french first and then for you a la skit again in english. —— i'll ask it again in england. translation: mr prime minister, you said canadian workers are concerned for their businesses and for their work and jobs, concerning the
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renegotiation of nafta. so, what guarantees did you get from this government that we will keep our jobs and businesses in the renegotiation of nafta? in the last three months you have denounced nafta. you have talked over and over about the mexican portion of the agreement, very little about the canadian one. my question is is canada a fair trader? and when you talk about changes to nafta, concerning canada, are you talking about big changes or small changes? thank you. translation: thank you. it isa thank you. translation: thank you. it is a real concern for many canadians, because we know that our economy is very dependent on our
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relationship with the united states. goods and services to cross the border each way. every single day. and this means a lot, millions of jobs or canadians, and good jobs for canadians. so we are always focusing on these jobs, but there are also good jobs, millions ofjobs in the united states that depend on those relationships between our two countries. so when we sit down, as we did today, and as our teams will be doing in the weeks and months to come, we will be talking about how we can continue to create good jobs for our citizens on both sides of the border. and doing this exercise, we continue to understand that we have to allow this free flow of goods and services, and we have to
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be aware of the integration of our countries, which is extremely positive for both our countries. this is the focus we will have in the coming weeks and months to come. we are aware of the fact that much of our economy depends on good working relationships with the united states, good integration with the american economy, and the fact is, millions of good jobs on both sides of the border depend on the smooth and easy flow of goods and services and people, back and forth across our border. and both president trump and i got elected on commitments to support the middle class, to work hard for people who need a real shot at success. we know that by working together, by ensuring the continued effective integration of our two economies, we are going to be creating greater
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opportunities for middle—class canadians and americans, now and well into the future. i agree with that 100%. we have a very outstanding trade relationship with canada. will be tweaking it, we'll be doing certain things that will benefit both of our countries. it's a much less severe situation that is taken place on the southern border. for many years the transaction wasn't fair to the united states. it is an extremely unfair transaction. we are going to work with mexico and make it a fair deal for both parties. i think we are going to get along very well with mexico. they understand and we understand, you probably noticed ford is making billions of dollars of new investments in this country. you saw intel announce that because of what i'm doing in terms of regulation, lowering taxes, they are coming in with billions and billions of dollars of investment and thousands and thousands of john
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dollars of investment and thousands and thousands ofjohn —— ofjobs. we have so many people that want to come into the united states, it's very exciting. i think it's going to bea very exciting. i think it's going to be a very exciting period of time for the united states, and for the workers of the united states. because they had been the forgotten men and women. they aren't going to be forgotten any more, believe me. i relationship with canada is outstanding and we are going to work together to make it even better. as far as the southern border is concerned, we far as the southern border is concerned , we are far as the southern border is concerned, we are going to get that worked out. we are going to make it so that everybody is happy. it's very important to me. thank you ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. president donald trump and prime ministerjustin trudeau holding their press conference, speaking for almost half an hour,
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making statements of commitment, very warm statements of how their two countries have fought together in the past. donald trump said the us is deeply grateful to canada's counterterror us is deeply grateful to canada's cou nterterror efforts, us is deeply grateful to canada's counterterror efforts, they talked aboutjobs, counterterror efforts, they talked about jobs, security, counterterror efforts, they talked aboutjobs, security, justin trudeau saying they might not always agree but they will do so respectfully and referred to america as canada's most essential partner. i'm not sure brits would like that particularly but i think the canadians were very happy with that. we are speaking to a former adviser to justin happy with that. we are speaking to a former adviser tojustin trudeau. while they spoke warmly about each other, as you suggested, and they talked about the need to get along, you could also see the difference between these two men. there is justin trudeau talking about openness and integration, both on and economic front and allowing refugees. talking about canadian values of openness and donald trump taking the occasion to talk about
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how he is getting rid of people who are in the country illegally, and stressing the need to secure american borders and keep people out to. yes. the narratives were quite different. i thought it was fascinating. to me what wasjust different. i thought it was fascinating. to me what was just as interesting was how both men managed that difference. they were both invited several times to criticise each other's approach, they both declined. i think that the people around, justin trudeau and most canadians will be very pleased with his response, which was a very pragmatic one. essentially saying, listen, we have a different approach, i'm not here to lecture you but we are going to continue our approach. it is an approach of openness. as you said this reflects the way they want canadians to proceed. it couldn't have been a more interesting exchange. justin trudeau hinted he was concerned about the renegotiation of nafta but the president made it clear that for
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him the situation on the southern border was different to what we've already described in the programme, the situation across the northern border. this confirms what the indications have been now for quite awhile. donald trump's concerns with nafta are primarily mexico. he did mention there needed to be tweaks in the canada— us economic relationship. it'll be interesting to find out more about what that means. overall the message was extremely positive canada. he talked about increasing our commercial relationship, doing things that would benefit both canadian and american citizens, which is an interesting variant from the america first narratives. i also think if i may add, this is actually good news for all of america's allies. what we've seen our two positive, responsible constructive meetings, back to back with prime minister abe
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and prime minister trudeau, back to back with prime minister abe and prime ministertrudeau, having seen very different kinds of interactions between the president and the prime minister of australia and the prime minister of australia and the prime minister of australia and the president of mexico. to good meetings may be a pattern, i think we can hope that. —— good meetings. it shows there is a very different attitude in government are what we heard on the campaign trail. thank you for being with us. let's talk about that southern border because among a number of executive orders the president has signed that our two that relate to the us—mexico border. one gives the green light to begin work on the wall, the other increases the size of the border patrol force,
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