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Canada’s foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland said she’s ready to move forward quickly once the US and Mexico reach an agreement on automobiles, and downplayed any notion that her country has been shut out of North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) talks.
“I and Canada are very, very keen to get it done as quickly as possible,†Freeland told reporters.
“We’re very, very supportive of moving forward fast, and we are in close touch with both our Mexican and US counterparts,†Freeland said.
Robert Lighthizer, the US Trade Representative, said in late July that an agreement in principal could be achieved this month, and he blamed Canada for not compromising in the same way the US and Mexico had.
Since then, negotiations have carried on mostly without Canada as Mexico and the US focus on resolving bilateral issues.