Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signaled Thursday he saw a strong chance of reaching a deal with the U.S. and Mexico to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement, a trade agreement that has been the target of President Donald Trump’s ire as “bad deal” for the U.S. “We have a high chance of reaching a win-win-win deal for Canada, the United States and Mexico,” Trudeau told reporters. “With the pressures of the elections in Mexico, and the U.S. elections, if we could announce something at the Summit of the Americas, that would be great,” he added, in reference to the April 13-14 gathering of regional leaders in Peru. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland headed to Washington to meet with her counterpart, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who on Wednesday met with Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo, to try to reach an agreement in principle on NAFTA. The trio are to get together for a working dinner Thursday evening, according to public broadcaster CBC, and hold talks on Friday. Freeland said negotiators in seven rounds of talks since last August had made “some good progress” in overhauling the 24-year-old trade pact. Several stumbling blocks remain to be resolved, particularly Washington’s proposals… Read full this story
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