Canada’s Freeland: Officials will continue NAFTA talks on Thursday

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

Canadian Foreign Minister Freeland is on the wires now, via Reuters, commenting on the US-Canada talks on the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Key Headlines:

Officials will continue work on Thursday.

She won’t be in Washington for the talks Thursday.

Spoke with Lighthizer about NAFTA on Wednesday.

She will be in touch with negotiators.

In continuous negotiations at this stage.

Officials have more Nafta work to do before ministers can meet.

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