'Significant' issues remain over NAFTA: U.S. treasury secretary
Source: CBC/Reuters
'We're still trying to get a new deal done,' Steven Mnuchin says
Thomson Reuters · Posted: May 21, 2018 10:20 AM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said major issues remained in talks involving the United States, Mexico and Canada to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
"There are still some very significant, open issues," Mnuchin said in an interview on CNBC. "We'll see where we get over the next few weeks," he said, adding that he thinks there is still a desire among the three countries to reach an agreement.
"We're still trying to get a new deal done. That is a priority for the president," Mnuchin told CNBC.
He added that Trump administration remained focused on crafting a new NAFTA deal that would require congressional approval, but that Trump could consider a possible so-called "skinny deal" that would not.
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