NAFTA Talks Grind On; Canada Quells Talk of US Quota on Autos

NAFTA Talks Grind On; Canada Quells Talk of US Quota on Autos
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland takes part in a news conference at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC, on Aug. 31, 2018. Reuters/Chris Wattie
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WASHINGTON–Canada and the United States showed scant signs of being close to striking a deal on revamping the trilateral NAFTA that underpins $1.2 trillion in annual trade, as Canadian sources played down talk of a U.S. quota on autos.

Canada says it doesn’t feel bound by a U.S.-imposed deadline for the end of September to conclude a deal.