NAFTA's future in doubt as US-Canada talks stall hours before deadline

While the two sides failed to meet a deadline set by the White House, both US and Canadian negotiators insisted that they were making progress

President Donald Trump said he plans to pursue a trade deal with Mexico and possibly Canada even as talks with the US’s northern neighbour stalled just hours before a deadline, leaving the future of a revised North American Free Trade Agreement in continuing doubt.

The move by Trump to notify Congress on Friday that he planned to sign a deal with Mexico in 90 days and would include Canada “if it is willing” avoided what many in the US business community and Congress had seen as a worst-case scenario.

The president threatened earlier this week to go ahead with a