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MacNaughton: NAFTA countries could reach ‘broad agreement’ by end of March

By Jack Caporal  / December 22, 2017 at 9:37 AM
While the U.S., Canada and Mexico are unlikely to finalize all the details of a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement by a self-imposed deadline in March, a “broad agreement on goals and objectives” is “absolutely” possible, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. said this week. “We’re going to try to get something done in a comprehensive nature by the end of March,” Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton said in an interview. “There are still big gaps. We need...

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