Environmental groups air doubts about North American trade deal

Campaign groups from Greenpeace to the Sierra Club on Monday slammed the new US-Mexican-Canadian trade deal for its weak provisions on environmental issues. President Donald Trump -- who had repeatedly pledged to overhaul what he called an unfair North American Free Trade Agreement -- said the retooling would turn North America back into a "manufacturing powerhouse" and fuel US economic growth. At a press conference in Ottawa on Monday, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland welcomed the inclusion of "a new enforceable environment chapter that upholds air quality and fights marine pollution.