Our objectives in our trade negotiations have been to:
Preserve tariff-free access to the U.S. for the vast majority of Canadian business;Provide greater stability to our trade relationship;Significantly reduce U.S. tariffs on our key strategic industries, so that Canadian businesses in these sectors would have the best access of any in the world;Protect our small and medium-sized businesses – the lifeblood of our economy – including by removing the imminent threat of new tariffs; andMaintain our flexibility, independence, and sovereignty so we can keep building the Canada we want.
We have recognized from the beginning that America has changed, and that we will not return to our old relationship. Our government understood, before many, that America is altering all its trade relationships. Putting tariffs on its closest allies and charging for access to its vast market.
We have worked in that context. To strike a fair deal that would provide the best access
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