According to a source close to the talks, Trudeau told Trump his preferred option was to modernize the continental accord that exists today. NAFTA minus Mexico? The original free trade agreement signed between the United States and Canada in 1988 did not include Mexico. Mexico angry but resoluteThe Mexico Trudeau visits Thursday is a different country in some ways than it was when Trump took the oath of office in January. Comments this week by the two senior ministers handling the NAFTA and Trump files for Mexico suggest a growing realization — and even acceptance — that NAFTA could be over for Mexico.

Source: CBC News October 12, 2017 09:00 UTC