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The Trump administration and Canada are making a renewed push to keep Nafta a trilateral accord, prompting the US and Mexico to postpone publishing a text of their two-way trade deal Friday, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said.
Mexico earlier in the day said it was planning to release a more complete draft of its preliminary trade agreement with the US in tandem with an expected release by the Trump administration.
Under US trade law, the pact has to be published 60 days before the president can sign it, after which it then goes to Congress for approval.
The countries also want a deal this weekend to allow Mexico’s current government time to sign it before Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador takes over as Mexico’s president on December 1.
According to US trade law, the text of the trade deal must be publicly available for 60 days before US President Donald Trump can sign it.
The US and Canada are continuing to push for a deal on trade over the weekend, Guajardo said in Mexico City.