US, Canada Make Final Efforts to Save NAFTA

(L-R) Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer pose for pictures before giving a message to the media during the seventh round of NAFTA talks in Mexico City, on March 5, 2018. RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—The United States and Canada entered intense weekend negotiations as a last-ditch effort to save the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trade officials on both sides rushed to hammer out differences before a Sunday midnight deadline.

“Everyone is negotiating in good faith right now as we speak,” White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told Fox News on Sept. 30.