Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said that she won’t hold NAFTA talks with USTR Robert Lighthizer until some more work is completed. She told reporters that “we decided that in order to have another productive conversation, it would be best to give our officials some time to hold technical discussions.”
It’s believed that dairy, cultural protection and dispute resolution mechanism remained the deadlocks. But Freeland said the talks have “absolutely not” hit a stalemate. And even though she won’t be present, Canada’s chief NAFTA negotiator, as well as the country’s ambassador to the United States, will fly back to Washington on Wednesday night.
