NAFTA: Litmus Test on a Deal Will Come Over Next Few Days

NAFTA: Litmus Test on a Deal Will Come Over Next Few Days
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland with Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal a bilateral meeting in Toronto on Jan. 22, 2018. The Canadian Press/Michelle Siu
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MONTREAL—A pair of Canadian proposals over the next few days will provide a litmus test on one of the biggest questions looming over this country’s politics, economics, and international relations: Can a new NAFTA deal be achieved?

The coming days could clarify that as Canada reaches out with ideas intended as an olive branch on two of the most acrimonious topics of the NAFTA negotiations: the rules for autos, and those for resolving disputes.