US-Canada talks on NAFTA face Monday deadline

The Trump administration is holding out for a last-minute breakthrough in its talks with Canada over the administration’s trade with Mexico before a Monday deadline hits. Any such deal is seemingly a major long shot, though, following Trump’s comments indicating that talks have broken down.

“We reached a deal with Mexico. Why shouldn’t we be able to reach a deal with Canada?” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday at a forum hosted by the Hill. But if they couldn’t, he said, the administration was “confident” that the U.S.-Mexico deal would be approved by Congress. The secretary said that U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer was currently briefing members of Congress on the deal details.