Freeland Resumes NAFTA Talks in Washington as Congress Grows Restless

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to the media as she arrives at the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington on Sept. 11. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is back in Washington—and back in search of a way to bridge the divide that’s keeping Canada out of a new North American free trade pact.

Freeland flew back to the U.S. capital Sept. 18 as a prominent congressional ally of President Donald Trump made it clear that American lawmakers are growing weary of what they see as Canadian intransigence.