Canada-US trade talks take a break for long weekend

Negotiations between Canada and the U.S. about reworking the North American Free Trade Agreement have ended without an agreement.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said negotiators would meet again next week in an effort to reach an agreement.

“We’re not there yet,” Freeland said.

For now, the U.S. plans to move forward with a deal with Mexico on terms reached earlier in the week.

It’s not clear what this means for the NAFTA.

The White House had placed a Friday deadline to provide Congress with the necessary 90 days’ notice that it intended to enter into a new trade agreement and still have the new deal signed by December 1, the day Mexico’s new president takes office.

Canada’s dairy market quotas appear to be a stumbling block, with U.S. officials saying Canada had made no concessions on agriculture and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying he was standing firm on the issue.

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