Chamber president: A North American trade deal without Canada is not a deal

Tom Donohue, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, told reporters on Wednesday that a trade deal with Mexico alone -- leaving Canada out -- should not be considered a deal at all. “If Canada doesn’t come in to the deal, there is no deal because you can’t do a deal with Mexico ... just because you have discussions with them,” Donohue said during a Sept. 19 event in Washington, DC. He argued that a deal without Canada would...