USDA officials call for Canada to present NAFTA proposals as Trump sidesteps NAFTA

Canada must step up its engagement in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Under Secretary for Trade Ted McKinney said in remarks at the annual American Farm Bureau Federation conference -- while President Trump hardly mentioned the pact in his speech. Trump, addressing farmers in Nashville on Monday, held back on criticizing NAFTA, as he has repeatedly done in the past, noting only that the administration was working to ensure a fair...