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Trudeau: Chapter 19, cultural exemptions are NAFTA red lines for Canada

September 4, 2018 at 5:55 PM
Canada will not sign a NAFTA deal that does not include a Chapter 19-like dispute settlement mechanism or cultural exemptions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday. “We’ve said from the very beginning that we need a dispute resolution mechanism like Chapter 19 and we will hold firm on that,” he said at a news conference in British Columbia. “As I’ve said, we will not sign a deal that is bad for Canadians and, quite frankly, not having a Chapter...


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