OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney left the White House in early October with Canada and the United States in reach of a trade deal.
Inside the meeting, senior U.S. officials were enthusiastic about a possible agreement covering steel, aluminum, uranium and energy.
Canadian and American negotiators were told to put the framework on paper, with the goal of finalizing an interim deal before American Thanksgiving.
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“It was an awesome meeting,” Pete Hoekstra, U.S. ambassador to Canada, recently told POLITICO.
