The speaker plans to work with municipalities and federal government to attract investment in response to Trump.
“I appreciate that decision because we’re going to fight like we’ve never fought before against President Trump, we’re going to create the climate and conditions in collaboration with municipalities in the country and the federal government to attract more investment.”
Lutnick argues Canada manufactured new demands like a poison pill to justify ending negotiations.
“You know, when someone doesn't want the deal, they make up and say, oh, I'll do the deal with you only if you wear green.”
Lutnick predicts Canadian negotiators will return after October elections to complete the deal.
“These are elections in October. So he's making this a political thing for Canada, and my guess will be as soon as his elections are over, you're gonna see a plane full of Canadian negotiators flying down and go, come on.”
Lutnick claims Canada walked away from a finalized trade deal that both sides had agreed to for political reasons.
“We had a deal. We shook hands. The president announced it. Right? Everybody was positive. Canada made the decision for political purposes.”
Lutnick accuses Canada of manufacturing last-minute demands as a pretext to exit a deal they no longer wanted.
“You know, when someone doesn't want the deal, they make up and say, oh, I'll do the deal with you only if you wear green. And you're like, but I'm wearing I'm not wearing green.”
Lutnick claims Canada walked away from a completed trade deal for political purposes only.
“Canada made the decision for political purposes. They wanted to walk away. This is politics only.”
Lutnick predicts Canadian negotiators will return immediately after October elections to finalize the deal they walked away from.
“So he's making this a political thing for Canada, and my guess will be as soon as his elections are over, you're gonna see a plane full of Canadian negotiators flying down”