<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><i class="">Couple articles on Canada’s re-entry and potential for a bilateral deal if there isn’t a trilateral…</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/08/28/business/28reuters-trade-nafta.html" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk105826" previewremoved="true" style="font-family: nyt-franklin, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/08/28/business/28reuters-trade-nafta.html</a><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: nyt-franklin, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><font size="5" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class=""><span style="font-size: 20pt;" class="">Canada Rejoins Talks to Stay in NAFTA, Deal Possible This Week</span></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><font size="3" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> <span style="font-family: nyt-franklin, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.25px; font-weight: 700;" class="">By</span><span style="font-family: nyt-franklin, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; 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color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px;" class=""><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">WASHINGTON — Canada's top trade negotiator joins her Mexican and U.S. counterparts in Washington on Tuesday in a bid to remain part of a trilateral North American trade pact, as U.S. officials expressed optimism a deal could be reached this week.</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Ottawa is under pressure to accept new terms on auto trade and dispute settlement rules after the United States and Mexico agreed on Monday to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland rejoins the year-long talks following a hiatus of several weeks as the United States and Mexico ironed out outstanding bilateral disagreements in the renegotiation of the 24-year-old accord.</span></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Tuesday that he believed the United States could also reach a trade deal with Canada this week.</span></div><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px;" class=""><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">"The U.S. market and the Canadian markets are very intertwined," Mnuchin said. "It's important for them to get this deal and it's important for us to get this deal."</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray told Mexican television on Tuesday the three sides would work for a three-way deal. "We are now going to devote long hours to the negotiation with Canada," he said.</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Negotiations among the three partners, whose mutual trade totals more than $1 trillion annually, have dragged on for more than a year, putting pressure on the Mexican peso and the Canadian dollar. Both currencies gained against the U.S. dollar on Monday, but the peso weakened on Tuesday.</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">One sticking point for Canada is the U.S. effort to dump the Chapter 19 dispute resolution mechanism that hinders the United States from pursuing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases.</span></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Monday that Mexico had agreed to eliminate the chapter 19, something that Canada has strongly resisted.</span></div><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px;" class=""><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Trump has threatened he still could put tariffs on Canadian-made cars if Canada did not join its neighbors and warned he expected concessions on Canada's dairy protections.</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Canada's so-called supply management system, which includes dairy, matches Canadian production to domestic consumption, sets prices and imposes high tariffs to limit imports</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">If a deal is not reached with Canada, Mnuchin said on Tuesday, the United States would proceed with a separate trade agreement with Mexico. The Mexican government has also taken that position, even as it says it wants a trilateral deal.</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Videgaray said in Washington on Monday that scope for making changes with Canada to what the United States and Mexico had agreed was "significantly larger" this week, though he did not rule out alterations after that.</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">"But it would certainly be much better to have an understanding by the end of the week," he told reporters. He also said his country was prepared to go it alone without Canada. "We already know that there will still be a deal between Mexico and the United States."</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Freeland's spokesman said Canada would only sign a new agreement that is good for the country.</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">If talks with Canada are not wrapped up by the end of this week, Trump plans to notify Congress that he has reached a deal with Mexico, but would be open to Canada joining, Lighthizer told reporters on Monday.</span></p><p class="e2kc3sl0 css-1i0edl6" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">The White House said Trump will sign the deal in 90 days. Congress has to approve it.</span></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6rem; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 630px; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">(Additional reporting by Miguel Angel Gutierrez in Mexico City; Writing by Anthony Esposito; Editing by Dave Graham and Susan Thomas)</span></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/08/27/business/27reuters-trade-nafta-canada.html" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/08/27/business/27reuters-trade-nafta-canada.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Mexico Minister Says Would Tweak Bilateral U.S. Trade Deal Without Canada<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">By Reuters <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">MEXICO CITY — Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Monday that the trade accord it announced on Monday with the United States would have to be tweaked, particularly regarding rules of origin, if it ends up as a bilateral agreement without Canada.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Guajardo said in an interview on Mexican radio that Mexico's preference was for Canada to remain in the three-nation pact, but if it opted out some parts of Monday's deal would have to be redesigned such as auto content rules.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">"The whole issue of rules of origin is considered trilaterally, so if we go forward with a bilateral model it would need to be rethought," he said. "It's not the same having integration between three countries as two."<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The United States and Mexico agreed on Monday to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), putting pressure on Canada to agree to new terms on auto trade and dispute settlement rules to remain part of the pact.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The Mexico-U.S. discussions focused on crafting new rules for the automotive industry, which Trump has put at the heart of his drive to rework a pact he has repeatedly described as a "disaster" for American workers.</span></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
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