Canada’s foreign minister: We ‘cannot agree’ to US NAFTA demands

Published November 21, 2017 9:38pm ET



Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday that U.S. demands for renegotiating NAFTA are far beyond anything her country can accept, just as the fifth round of talks closed in Mexico City with little progress toward a revamped agreement.

“Significant differences remain on some key areas … These are proposals we simply cannot agree to,” Freeland told reporters in Ottawa.

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