Now that a new trade deal has been inked, the Canadian author is explaining it while on a tour of the country.

One of the first stops for Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was in Windsor on Tuesday.

She met with union leaders and University of Windsor students during her stop in the city.

Freeland is discussing the benefits of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

She met with Unifor Local 444 member and toured the CentreLine manufacturing facility Tuesday afternoon. 

“We were thinking of you a lot during those talks and how important it was to maintain that integrated manufacturing, those integrated supply chains,” said Freeland at the union hall.

Freeland pointing to a labour value mechanism in the deal that helped push the Americans off a devastating demand for 50 per cent U.S. domestic content in cars.

“This is the first trade agreement that Canada has entered into that takes into account the wages of the workers inside the trade deal and gives a specific value to higher wage work,” says Freeland.

She also toured the CentreLine manufacturing facility Tuesday afternoon. 

Earlier Tuesday, she visited the mechatronics and robotic lab and spoke with engineering students about the programs being offered.

She also had a closed-door meeting with interim president Doug Kneale.