Canadian PM ready to walk away
Concerned business and political leaders are increasing the pressure on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree on a deal to renew NAFTA and drop his insistence that no deal is better than a bad deal.
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will hold fresh talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement with U. S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington on Wednesday as a U. S.-imposed deadline of Oct. 1 looms.
The two sides are far apart in some areas and Trudeau says his Liberal government will walk away if necessary.
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