White House advisors called Ottawa to urge Trudeau to help talk Trump down from scrapping NAFTA
Source: National Post
John Ivison | May 8, 2017 6:36 PM ET
White House staff called the Prime Minister’s Office last month to urge Justin Trudeau to persuade President Donald Trump not to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to multiple Canadian government sources.
The unconventional diplomatic manoeuvre — approaching the head of a foreign government to influence your own boss — proved decisive, as Trump thereafter abandoned his threat to pull out of NAFTA unilaterally, citing the arguments made by Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto as pivotal.
But the incident highlights the difficulties faced by governments all over the world when it comes to dealing with a president as volatile as Trump.
On Wednesday, April 26, the Washington Post, Politico, CNN and the New York Times published stories saying that sources within the White House were considering a draft executive order to cancel NAFTA. The rumour knocked almost two per cent off the Mexican peso and a third of a cent off the loonie.
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Here are four articles. Three of them are satire and one of them is real - guess the real one! 
except: banghead: 
It could work! If Justin is game we can work with him on other stuff.
Let's talk to him about the Wall and the travel ban. If those go well maybe he can tackle the AHCA and repealing Obamacare.
This could really work! We can offer him stuff too, like maybe Niagara Falls or something. 
