If Donald Trump attempts the proverbial gun-to-the-temple negotiating strategy on NAFTA, how should America's neighbours respond: Keep sitting there, or walk away from the bargaining table?
NAFTA countries have signed a confidentiality agreement designed to prevent leaks during the NAFTA negotiations, with a list of rules to protect details of the offers they submit to each other.
Donald Trump has threatened to blow up NAFTA less than one week into the renegotiation of the trade agreement, providing an early indication that the upcoming talks might occur under a cloud of menace
The U.S. appears to be signalling that President Donald Trump's vow to aggressively promote a "buy American, hire American" agenda is not open to discussion during negotiations on a new NAFTA.
The future of Canada's more than one million automotive jobs has emerged as a critical part of what's at stake at the NAFTA renegotiation table in Washington.
"Trump has this sort of old-fashioned theory of negotiations, which is that the big guy always wins. It's not the way it works," says Ted Alden, senior fellow at the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations.
Chrystia Freeland will push for additional labour and environmental sections when she shares broad strokes Monday of Canada's goals for the upcoming NAFTA talks.
"We are thrilled to announce plans to launch the iconic Tim Hortons brand in Spain, which is one of the largest cafe markets in Europe," CEO Daniel Schwartz said in a statement.