The National Post reports in its Tuesday, Oct. 23, edition that an Angus Reid Institute survey indicates that barely a third of Canadians are pleased with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), while 45 per cent are disappointed. The Post's Tom Blackwell writes that half say that Canadian negotiators -- who gave up greater U.S. access to dairy and poultry markets -- were overly soft in the talks, the poll concluded. "Canadians are feeling significantly less euphoric about the pact than the government officials who negotiated it," the polling organization said. The survey also indicates that Canadians' views of the U.S. have diminished in the course of the trade talks, with the lowest favourability ratings for their southern neighbour since the 1980s. About 49 per cent of those polled said they had a very or mostly favourable opinion of the U.S., down from 62 per cent in June, 2016. The results suggest the trade deal is unlikely to be a winning issue for the Liberal government in next year's federal election, though it is unclear whether it will become an electoral liability. Talks to renegotiate the North American-Free-Trade Agreement began a year and a half ago at President Donald Trump's request.