<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-nafta-canada-exclusive/exclusive-canada-increasingly-sure-trump-to-pull-plug-on-nafta-sources-idUSKBN1EZ2K4" class="">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-nafta-canada-exclusive/exclusive-canada-increasingly-sure-trump-to-pull-plug-on-nafta-sources-idUSKBN1EZ2K4</a><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(63, 63, 64); line-height: 1.18;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(63, 63, 64); line-height: 1.18;" class=""><b class=""><font size="5" class="">Exclusive: Canada increasingly sure Trump to pull plug on NAFTA - sources</font></b></span><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 50); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">LONDON, Ontario (Reuters) - Canada is increasingly convinced that U.S. President Donald Trump will soon announce that the United States intends to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, two government sources said on Wednesday.</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 50); line-height: 1.6; font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 50); line-height: 1.6; font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">The sources said they expected Trump would make his move at about the same time that negotiators from the United States, Canada and Mexico meet in late January for the sixth and penultimate round of talks to modernize the treaty.</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(49, 49, 50); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(49, 49, 50); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;" class="">The Canadian and Mexican currencies both weakened against the U.S. dollar after the news. </span></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The Canadian dollar fell to its weakest level this year at C$1.2561
to the greenback, or 79.61 U.S. cents. The peso was trading down more
than 0.6 pct at 1925 GMT, while the S&P/BM IPC stock index <a href="https://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/index?symbol=.MXX" class="">.MXX</a> was down about 1.7 percent.</span></font></div><p class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Trump
has repeatedly threatened to walk away from NAFTA unless Canada and
Mexico agree to major changes Washington says are needed to make the
1994 treaty more fair. </span></font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Canadian officials say if Trump does
announce a U.S. withdrawal, it could be a negotiating tactic designed to
win concessions. They also express doubt whether the U.S. Congress
would approve such a move. </span></font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Canada and Mexico have rejected most
of the U.S. proposals for NAFTA reforms, leaving officials with a big
job if they are to bridge the large differences at the Jan. 23-28 talks
in Montreal. Negotiations are due to wrap up at the end of March. </span></font></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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