OTTAWA, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Canada and the United States are “very close” to agreeing a trade deal that could help reduce months of tariffs and counter duties but more work remains to be done, a top Canadian official said on Thursday.
Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for trade with the U.S., was speaking after he met U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington.
The two sides are trying to meet a deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump, who says he will impose a new 50% tariff on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) on Saturday.
“We’re very close. We continue to make progress and we’re going to stay here and do the work that’s necessary,” LeBlanc told reporters.
(Reporting by Promit Mukherjee; Editing by David Ljunggren and Mark Porter)
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