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Reporter Roundtable: Hoekstra says 'make us an offer' on CUSMA

6/12/202616 min

The on-again-off-again opening of the Canada-U.S. Gordie Howe bridge is off again as U.S. President Trump repeats threats to kill CUSMA. U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says those threats are an 'opportunity' to 'make us an offer.' CBC's Catherine Cullen, The Canadian Press deputy parliamentary bureau chief Mia Rabson and La Presse parliamentary bureau chief Joël-Denis Bellavance bring you inside the week's biggest political stories.

Clips

Bridge Blockade Warning
No CUSMA, No Booze-ma
Trump’s Reverse Anger Interpreter
Trump Can’t Kill CUSMA Alone
Zero-Toll Power Move

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First 90 seconds

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  2. Catherine Cullen· Panelist0:29

    [upbeat music] This is a CBC podcast.

  3. J.P. Tasker· Host0:33

    [upbeat music] On the day after the US president said his country doesn't need anything from Canada, Donald Trump's representative to Canada is now saying this country should see that as an opportunity.

  4. Pete Hoekstra· Soundbite0:49

    America has a tremendous amount of things where we have a need. If Canada puts on their sales hat, they can make a very, very compelling case.

  5. J.P. Tasker· Host1:01

    The prime minister responded to these comments.

  6. Speaker 51:03

    We have en- engaged, and I have engaged with, uh, with the president on some, uh, uh, some good offers.

  7. J.P. Tasker· Host1:10

    But will the US take Canada up on those good offers as they sit down to review their key free trade deal, one the president said yesterday he isn't interested in renewing? Our reporter roundtable is here. [upbeat music] Mia Rabson is the deputy parliamentary bureau chief at The Canadian Press. Joël-Denis Bellavance is the parliamentary bureau chief for La

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