The U.S. and Mexico will probably reach a two-way NAFTA deal Tuesday, paving the way for Canada to re-enter the trade talks as early as this week, says a lawyer closely following the negotiations. He expects that Canadian negotiators will rejoin the process to tackle the remaining topics by the end of the week. Another American source familiar with the negotiations confirmed Monday that Mexico and the U.S. are “about done” their negotiations. But they have been discussing other trilateral issues, such as intellectual property rights and another dispute-resolution provision in the free-trade agreement, said the lawyer. There is some pressure to complete a trilateral NAFTA agreement by the end of August, which would allow U.S. Congress to review the deal before the Dec. 1 installation of Mexico’s newly elected president.

Source: National Post August 21, 2018 00:00 UTC