Howard Lutnick: “The idea that these importers are more important than the people who employ Americans, I think it's just a wrong way of…”

When someone doesn’t want the deal, they make up and say, “Oh, I’ll do the deal with you only if you wear green. And you’re like, ‘But I’m wearing, I’m not wearing green.’ Oh, sorry, it’s not going to work out.

They wanted to walk away. This is politics only. If you think I ever said the words French, do I care about how the Quebecois speak? I mean, what could matter less to America? We don’t care. So the fact is, we never thought those words up.

Canada made the decision to walk away from the negotiating table for political purposes.

It's just sad the way Canada has treated us.