US Ambassador Not Committing to July 21 Trade Deal Target Cited by Carney

US Ambassador Not Committing to July 21 Trade Deal Target Cited by Carney
U.S. Ambassador to the Canada Pete Hoekstra in a file photo. Patrick Van Katwijk/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says the United States won’t commit to reaching a new trade agreement with Ottawa by July 21, a date cited by Prime Minister Mark Carney as the target for a deal.

Hoekstra added that Canada will likely have to pay “some level of tariff” like all countries.