OTTAWA, Oct 1, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Canadian and US negotiators reached a deal
late Sunday on reforming the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),
Canadian media reported.
CTV cited a high-level American source as saying the two sides had reached
an agreement and that a joint statement was expected.
Another Canadian channel, CBC, said a “senior source” confirmed that a deal
had been reached on significant sections of a new NAFTA.
Word of an agreement followed an emergency cabinet meeting called by
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at 10:00 pm (0200 GMT) — two hours
ahead of a midnight deadline for getting the text of a revised agreement to
the United States Congress.
US President Donald Trump triggered a review of the 1994 trade pact and
talks between the US, Canada and Mexico began last August, after Trump called
it “one of the worst trade deals in history.”