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Nafta Countries to Hold High-Level Talks Over Pact's Future

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The Alaskan Frontier oil tanker takes on fuel at an outside anchorage in this aerial photograph taken near the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Thursday, April 19, 2018. Senior trade officials from the U.S., Canada and Mexico will meet again in Washington in an intensified push to reach a Nafta agreement in the next few weeks. Talks will pick up on Tuesday, after cabinet-level members vowed on Friday to keep up the momentum following consultations with their technical teams over the weekend.Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg

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By Jenny Leonard, Anna Edgerton, and Josh Wingrove

May 17, 2018 at 3:04 PM UTC

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May 17, 2018 at 7:04 PM UTC

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Nafta partners will hold high-level meetings on Thursday and coming days to assess if a new trade agreement is within reach, as U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan says there could be a week or two left to reach a deal.

Canadian and American officials will gather in Washington to discuss Nafta, according to Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., David MacNaughton. He didn’t say who would attend, but his country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will be in the U.S. capital Thursday for unspecified meetings, according to three people familiar with talks and one Canadian government official who spoke on condition of anonymity.