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When Canada's prime minister opted not to meet President Trump this week, it sent a message about his country's mood: Most of his fellow citizens want to keep the border closed over coronavirus fears.

With the renegotiated pact and Wednesday's signing of an initial trade deal with China, the president can say he fulfilled a key campaign pledge to get tough on trade.

The AFL-CIO president praised the agreement, which includes stronger enforcement of labor and environmental provisions. One lawmaker called it "a triumph for workers everywhere across America."

The deal pauses a tariff increase that had been planned to take effect New Year's Day. President Trump called the meeting with China's president "amazing and productive."

The country's government said the Order of the Aztec Eagle goes to the White House senior adviser for his role in trade talks, a move some Mexicans are calling a "humiliation."

The new trade deal signed by the U.S., Mexico and Canada says much of a car should be built by workers making at least $16 an hour. Some experts are skeptical that will happen anytime soon in Mexico.