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Trudeau: U.S. demanded sunset as precondition for end-game NAFTA talks

By Brett Fortnam  / May 31, 2018 at 3:01 PM
Vice President Mike Pence called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday to demand Canada accept a five-year sunset clause in the North American Free Trade Agreement as a precondition for Trudeau to meet with President Trump in Washington, DC to work out the final contours of a NAFTA deal, Trudeau told reporters on Thursday. Trudeau said he believed the NAFTA negotiations had reached a point where a “final dealmaking moment” could wrap up the talks and said last week...

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