Tentative deal to replace NAFTA puts pressure on Canada in win for Trump

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Tim Meyer, Vanderbilt University
(THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump on Aug. 27 announced an agreement that he said would replace NAFTA, an almost 25-year-old deal that allows most goods produced in North America to move duty-free across the continent.
Pointedly, the deal excludes Canada, one of the three original North American Free Trade Agreement signatories. All three had been working on a new deal since last August, but recently Mexico and the U.S. began negotiating on their own.
Although Trump said he hoped Canada would join the new U.S.