Trump Says Will be 'flexible' on NAFTA Ahead of Mexico's Election
U.S. President Donald Trump  said on Thursday  he  would be "a little bit flexible" on  his  threat to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement because Mexico is facing a presidential election later this year.
"I understand that a lot of things are hard to negotiate prior to an election  " Trump  said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
 Trump  also said Mexico can pay for a border wall between the two countries "indirectly" through changes to the trade deal.
U.S.  Canadian and Mexican officials meet this month for the sixth and penultimate round of  talks to update NAFTA  which President Donald Trump has threatened to abandon unless major changes are made .
 The talks  start on Jan. 23  just weeks after Canada launched a wide-ranging complaint against the United States at the World Trade Organization  potentially complicating NAFTA negotiations. The complaint challenges Washingtonâs use of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties.
Canada has so far largely shunned confrontation with Washington  stressing instead the merits of NAFTA and free trade as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes efforts to forge closer ties with  Trump .
But  Trump âs more isolationist approach has put strains on the bilateral trading relationship between the two countries  the second largest of  its  kind in the world.
âThereâs nothing that Canada could do  short of setting fire to the White House again  that would change the trajectory of whatever it is that Donald Trump is going to do â she said in reference to an 1812 war.
[TGT] said on Thursday   [TGT]   would be "a little bit flexible" on   [TGT]   threat to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement because Mexico is facing a presidential election later this year.
"I understand that a lot of things are hard to negotiate prior to an election  "  [TGT]   said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
  [TGT] also said Mexico can pay for a border wall between the two countries "indirectly" through changes to the trade deal.
U.S.  Canadian and Mexican officials meet this month for the sixth and penultimate round of  talks to update NAFTA  which  [TGT]  has threatened to abandon unless major changes are made .
 The talks  start on Jan. 23  just weeks after Canada launched a wide-ranging complaint against the United States at the World Trade Organization  potentially complicating NAFTA negotiations. The complaint challenges Washingtonâs use of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties.
Canada has so far largely shunned confrontation with Washington  stressing instead the merits of NAFTA and free trade as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes efforts to forge closer ties with  Trump .
But  Trump âs more isolationist approach has put strains on the bilateral trading relationship between the two countries  the second largest of  its  kind in the world.
âThereâs nothing that Canada could do  short of setting fire to the White House again  that would change the trajectory of whatever it is that Donald Trump is going to do â she said in reference to an 1812 war.