The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that Canada's top trade officials will meet with their U.S. counterparts in Washington on Tuesday to revive stalled talks on the North American free-trade agreement. The Globe's Marieke Walsh and Adrian Morrow write that cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc and chief negotiator Janice Charette will discuss Canada's proposals and opportunities for mutual co-operation with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Relations between Canada and the U.S. have been tense, but they seemed to improve last week. Canada and the U.S. negotiated for months last year before President Donald Trump ended talks in October due to an anti-tariff ad by Ontario. Mr. LeBlanc met with Mr. Greer in March and again last week, but formal talks are still suspended. The U.S. recently began its formal review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, focusing first on Mexico. Both Canada and Mexico are feeling the effects of Mr. Trump's trade war, particularly tariffs on autos, steel and aluminum. But both so far have resisted signing the kind of quick trade deals that Britain, the European Union and others have agreed to, which included punitive concessions in exchange for Mr. Trump lowering his tariffs.
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