Lighthizer: NAFTA countries 'nowhere near close’ to a deal

The three NAFTA countries are still far from a deal, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Thursday, after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a broad agreement on auto rules of origin had been reached and suggested talks were in the final phase. “The NAFTA countries are nowhere near close to a deal,” Lighthizer said in a statement listing a slew of areas in which the countries remained far apart. “As I said last week, there are gaping differences...