A U.S.-Mexican team is actively drafting a text of their bilateral trade deal that can be released in 10 days, Mexico confirmed Thursday, amid speculation that Canada and the States will not strike their own pact until after the Quebec election Oct. 1.The two-country text will incorporate placeholders allowing Canada to be slotted in if it agrees to join the accord by the Sept. 30 deadline, said sources briefed on the process.But it appears increasingly possible that Canada’s talks will continue up to and possibly beyond the end of the . . .
