TRUMP

By: Yashaswi and Vahishta

Agenda
Kahoot
Introduction
Summary of the Article
Impacts
Class Discussion
Journal Question
INTRODUCTION
Article: President Trump could pose
unprecedented challenges to Canadas economy
- Jan 20th 2017: Inauguration address at Capital

- American interests come first

- Major impacts on:

- NAFTA [renegotiated]
- TPP [abandoned]
- Border adjustment tax
- American businesses in foreign countries
- Bring american businesses back to the US
NAFTA
The North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) is an
agreement among the United
States, Canada and Mexico
designed to remove tariff barriers
between the three countries.
TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership
(TPP) is is a trade agreement
between Australia, Brunei, Canada,
Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,
New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the
United States (until January 23,
2017) and Vietnam.
Canada and the United States have built one
of the closest relationships between any two
countries in the world. This enduring
partnership is essential to our shared
prosperity and security. Together, we benefit
from robust trade and investment ties, and
integrated economies, that support millions of
Canadian and American jobs

- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Impacts
Society Business
Business Pricing

Will not be able to

Might make it All items coming
sell or create as
harders for from america will
many items
canadian be over priced
companies to due to all the
compete with taxes that will
Production
american need to be
companies Many of our trade implied
sectors will be
harmed
Do you think Canada should abandon
government/business relations with the
US?

Why or why not?

Is the NAFTA trade agreement
beneficial to Americans?

Why or why not?

Journal Question:
Do you think Trump could possibly help
Canadas small businesses with the removal
of large US businesses in Canada? What
about the world? How could the future cost
of the products from US business possibly
impact the world?
Sources
http://globalnews.ca/news/3194503/donald-trump-america-first-inaugural-addres
s/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement

http://www.nato.int/