Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Mexican Minister of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo (L to R) participate in the fourth round of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations at the General Services Administration Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on October 17, 2017. [State Department Photo/Public Domain]
Reuters reports that Canada may be about to offer concessions to the United States on dairy imports to get NAFTA moving forward. This would be a big change in posture for the Canadians and a win for the Trump administration. The pressure is on the Canadian side as the U.S. and Mexico have already agreed to a deal. David Ljunggren and David Lawder write for Reuters:

Canada is ready to offer the United States limited access to the Canadian dairy market as a concession in negotiations to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement, two Canadian sources with direct knowledge of Ottawa’s negotiating strategy said on Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said at the White House that trade talks with Canada were going well and that Ottawa wants to make a deal. Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s foreign minister, returned to Washington on Tuesday for talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

Canada’s protected dairy industry is one of three sticking points in NAFTA talks between the two countries, along with a system for settling trade disputes and cultural protections for Canadian media firms.

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