By early evening it appeared high-level talks would bump right up against, and maybe past, a midnight deadline that the U.S. insisted needed to be met to deliver a new NAFTA agreement to Congress. ( JUSTIN TANG / THE CANADIAN PRESS )Without Canada’s signature, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has said he would present a bilateral U.S.-Mexico agreement to Congress and keep talking to Canada. But there were conflicting statements about whether an announcement could be made by midnight. Article Continued BelowReuters reported Sunday that Lighthizer and White House adviser Jared Kushner planned to brief Trump on Sunday. “Everybody’s negotiating in good faith right now as we speak and the deadline is midnight tonight to get the text in to Congress in order to make sure this goes forward,” said Navarro.

Source: thestar October 01, 2018 00:11 UTC