Canada-EU Trade Deal Is a Model in Automation Era, Trudeau Says
- Trudeau says leaders who seek to hide from changes ‘are wrong’
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The Canada-EU trade agreement is "a blueprint for future ambitious trade deals’’ in an age of automation where job security is threatened, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.
Trudeau, in a speech to lawmakers and business figures in Rome, lauded the pact as a model in an era of protectionism. The speech comes as Trudeau faces a lengthy trade battle with Donald Trump over lumber, airplanes, steel, aluminum and the North American Free Trade Agreement.