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US and Mexican officials will continue to work on bilateral issues before their Canadian counterparts rejoin the discussions</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Washington (AFP) - US and Mexican negotiators will resume talks next week on the update of the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said Friday.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">At the close of the third consecutive week of discussions in Washington, the official said it remained possible to reach a deal by the end of the month.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">But, he told reporters, "We still have a lot of work to do."<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">And he stressed that the most difficult issues had been left to the end, including the US demand that NAFTA be approved every five years, a provision known as a sunset clause.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">"We are working like we've been doing for the last three weeks and making a lot of advancements. We are coming back next week," he said. "But as I said before: nothing is closed until everything is closed."<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">US and Mexican officials will continue to work on bilateral issues before their Canadian counterparts rejoin the discussions on modernizing the 24-year-old trade deal, Guajardo said.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">US President Donald Trump demanded NAFTA be renegotiated after repeatedly criticizing the 24-year-old pact as a "terrible deal" and officials now are rushing to conclude the talks before Mexico's President-Elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador takes office on December 1.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></div></body></html>