Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, shakes hands with United States trade representative Robert Lighthizer, as Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Mexico’s economy secretary, looks on.
The United States, Mexico and Canada are moving forward in a significant way at talks to modernise the NAFTA trade pact.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's remarks to reporters in Quebec City were the latest in a series of upbeat comments by officials in the three countries about the chances of striking some kind of deal soon on the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Mexican officials say that if enough progress is made, the leaders of the three nations could make an announcement at a regional summit in Peru at the end of next week.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is pressing for a deal in principle to avoid clashing with Mexican presidential elections on July 1.
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