Canada Seeks Nafta Progress on Cars Amid Warnings Trump May Quit
- Freeland says Canada to discuss unconventional U.S. proposals
- Country is ‘prepared for every eventuality’ on Nafta, she says
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A day after expressing concerns President Donald Trump will walk away from Nafta, Canada’s government signaled it will try to keep negotiations moving forward by seeking to break an impasse over autos.
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland pledged she’d bring “new ideas” to the next round of negotiations in Montreal this month while two government officials, speaking on condition they not be identified, said the country is ready to shift its approach on the contentious issue of automobile-trade rules. The officials didn’t provide specifics, but such a push could dovetail with a Mexican initiative to also focus on auto rules in an attempt to satisfy U.S. negotiators who have been demanding radical changes in the pact to balance out trade flows.