Canadian officials signaled Friday that a deal to support adding a U.S.-Mexican side agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement may not happen this week. The U.S., Canadian, and Mexican officials had been meeting in Washington throughout the week in hopes of finishing the deal by Friday.
“We are looking for a good deal, not just any deal. We are not there yet,” Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters following a two-hour meeting with her American counterpart, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
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