Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he expects Canada can make a new trade deal with the U.K. before the calendar hit 2021. Trudeau said he and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson believe the two countries are ready to have a new deal done before Jan. 1, 2021. Trudeau noted that Canada renegotiated the North American free trade deal, signed a trade pact with Pacific Rim countries, and negotiated the Canada-EU trade agreement over the past several years. The U.K. hasn't had to negotiate trade deals in the past few decades," Trudeau said in the Financial Times interview. He noted that parts of the trade deal with Europe could just be rolled into a new deal with the U.K. once it is no longer part of the European bloc.

Source: CBC News November 11, 2020 21:11 UTC