Washington Hopes Canada Joins New US-Mexico Trade Deal - Lighthizer

Washington Hopes Canada Joins New US-Mexico Trade Deal - Lighthizer

Washington hopes Canada will join the new trade agreement reached between the United States and Mexico, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a conference call on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th August, 2018) Washington hopes Canada will join the new trade agreement reached between the United States and Mexico, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a conference call on Monday.

Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States and Mexico struck a new trade deal that would not be referred to as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

"We hope that Canada can join in now and expect them to begin that process very soon," Lighthizer said.