Adviser says US close to Mexico-only NAFTA deal, Canada unmoved

Adviser says US close to Mexico-only NAFTA deal, Canada unmoved

Trump admin official says that the US is ‘very, very close’ to signing a trade deal without Canada Texas Republican Kevin Brady, head of the influential House Ways and Means committee, says the two sides are "close enough" and Canada needs to "step it up" and get on board by joining the agreement in principle between Mexico and the U.S.While multiple deadlines have been and gone during the more than year-long negotiations to renew NAFTA, pressure on Canada to agree to a deal is growing, partly to push . . .