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For its part, the Japanese government was surprised to learn in Hawaii that Canada and Mexico, the U.S.�s NAFTA partners, had not been consulted on the auto-content deal brokered between Tokyo and Washington.
�Japan was understandably caught off guard that a matter they felt they�d finalized with the Americans had not been vetted or endorsed by all three NAFTA partners,� the source said.
Pretty ballsy! Negotiating for two countries before consulting them!