Trump says US is close to making a trade deal with Canada

Trump says US is close to making a trade deal with Canada

Canada and the US have slapped billions of dollars in tariffs on each other in recent months.

Trump says US is close to making a trade deal with Canada

President Donald Trump ​on Tuesday ‌said the United States was ​close to ​making a trade ⁠deal with ​Canada soon and ​that as part of that deal ​Canada ​was going to give ‌fertilizer ⁠to the United States without any tariffs.

Resumption of trade talks with U.S. rewinds the clock to August. What was on the table back then?

Negotiators spent weeks this summer trying to reach a compromise that would have lowered tariffs in return for concessions from Canada

Trump official who derailed trade talks is now reviving them. Sources tell CTV News Lutnick led push to re-engage.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, whose last-minute demands led to trade talks breaking down in August, has become the behind-the-scenes “driving force” pushing Canada and the U.S. to re-engage on a deal, multiple sources tell CTV News.

Lutnick ‘driving force’ behind re-engagement with Canada: sources

Multiple sources close to trade talks between Canada and the U.S. tell CTV News the “driving force” behind the scenes on re-engagement has been U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.