U.S. could pressure Canada to 'compromise' by striking a deal with Mexico City: top negotiator

WASHINGTON, DC – The US hopes to strike a new deal with Mexico, compelling Canada to make it compromises it has failed to deliver so far, the top American trade negotiator said Thursday.

Robert Lighthizer appeared to confirm Signs of the bogged-down NAFTA negotiations, a bilateral, a day after Canada and Mexico

Still, he said he thinks the process can all be wrapped up by the end of next month.

Lighthizer was scheduled to meet later in the day with Canada being in the absence of the session.

"My hope is that we will before "Lightheader told a hearing of the US Senate 's appropriations committee Thursday. "I do not believe they have compromised in the same way that the United States has or that Mexico has."

The US Trade Representative did not elaborate on exactly how he believes Canada has failed to be flexible.

But it's not enough, but it's not enough. "

Still, he appeared to indicate the end result of the negotiations. A single, updated NAFTA, 1965, 1965 (19659002)

"There is more pressure than any other country in the world. US announce 'We've resolved our differences,' "said Sen. Jerry Moran

Meanwhile, Lighthizer also suggests that the North American Free Trade Agreement is reached, the 25-per-cent and the tariffs of both nations – would be ended.

I do not believe (Canada has) compromised in the same way that the United States has or that Mexico has

And, despite any holdups, he said he hopes a new NAFTA deal can be reached by late August. That would be the latest possible date an agreement could be approved by Congress President Enrique Pena Nieto leaves office on Dec. 1, he said.

Incoming Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has pledged to honor any agreement signed by his predecessor, and doing a deal during the transition is seen as giving The United States and hopefully the Canadians, "If we're going to have (Nieto)", signed with the consent of the United States you're probably looking at some kind of conclusion during the August race, "said Lighthizer. "My sense is that is not an unreasonable time frame. Everybody wants to get it done. "

A spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland could not immediately be reached for comment.

But both she and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said after a meeting in Mexico Wednesday that they

There was some positive news for NAFTA, a request that Canada has rejected out of the way.

An automatic requirement that the deal be re-approved every five years would create major instability and stymie potential investment, Canadian officials believe.

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander said that he agreed with a NAFTA that "we do not think it's worth anything."

Moran said it would not be worth it The final negotiated agreement. "

" It's even stronger, they're better and stronger if they're long term, "he told reporters. "Uncertainty is something that no business, no farmer who plants seedlings in the ground and money to do so … wants."

Nobody is declaring war on Canada, or saying they're an unfriendly neighbor

Lighthizer was earlier This article is not available in English, French, German, French, Italian, French, Italian of steel is China, he acknowledged. But they are not affected by tariffs, Canada's industry would be liable to slack, and American steel makers would not benefit, said the official.

As such, it and other allies are a threat to They said: "That's not to suggest we think of tanks, we're going to come back from Canada," added Lighthizer. "Nobody is declaring war on Canada, or saying they're an unfriendly neighbor. They're obviously not. They're a great ally. "

His explanation did little for Democrat Sen. Jack Reed, who cited Canada's fight role in Afghanistan and participation in the NORAD defense system.

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