Some Canada exporters say Nafta talks impacting business

Nearly one in four Canadian exporters believes the tense ongoing renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement is impacting operations, according to a poll.

"Canadian exporters have many reasons to be fearful and to pivot their business strategies right now," said Export Development Canada, the public agency which published the results.

"Anti-trade rhetoric continues to dominate the headlines; major trade agreements are being renegotiated or scuttled and there's a real-time threat to Canada's relationship with its largest trading partner," Canada's export credit agency said, referring to the United States.

The survey showed that 23 percent of Canadian businesses said they were "feeling negatively" about negotiations to rewrite Nafta, the free trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico.