Freeland: No deal yet; USTR claims Canada has made no ag concessions

摘要

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said last week that the U.S. and Canada were "not there yet" in talks on a retooled NAFTA, with the U.S. claiming Ottawa had yet to make any concessions on agriculture market access issues. "We are not there yet," Freeland told reporters after meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Aug 31. "As has been the case from the very beginning, Canada is a country that is good at finding win-win compromises. Having said that, in trade negotiations, in this negotiation, we always stand up for the national interest and that is what we're going to continue to do."