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Canada and US indulge in rigorous talks over free trade agreement
Washington, Aug 31: Representatives of United States and Canada will meet again on Friday (Aug 31) to resume their urgent talks to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement. Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland met US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer for less than five minutes on Thursday night.
She told reporters she "had a couple of things to say." Freeland came into the USTR building a total of four times on Thursday. She and Lighthizer held the longest negotiating sessions since she arrived in Washington on Tuesday.
Earlier on Thursday, Freeland told reporters, "We continue to be encouraged by the constructive atmosphere that I think both countries are bringing to the table." On Monday, the United States and Mexico reached an agreement to replace NAFTA, a 24-year-old pact involving those two countries and Canada. But the new deal excluded Canada.
Freeland hurried to Washington to try to repair the damage. She's seeking to forge a three-country deal by Friday, starting a 90-day countdown that would let Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto sign the pact before leaving office on December 1. "We're working very intensively," Freeland says.
PTI
