US, Canada negotiators race to ink a deal as Trump’s tariff deadline looms

Top trade negotiators from Canada and the United States have met for the third day running in Washington, DC, as they try to finalise a trade deal before new American tariffs start on Saturday.Friday’s negotiations are designed to head off the 50-percent import taxes US President Donald Trump has threatened against around $20bn worth of Canadian goods.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Nord Stream bombing suspect to Hollywood fixer: Who is Volodymyr Zhuravlev?list 2 of 4Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ claims first victim: Not Iran, but US marketslist 3 of 4What to know about the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, Trump’s capital car racelist 4 of 4Ukraine sanctions popular Russian cartoon ‘Masha and the Bear’end of listThe tariffs were already paused earlier this week, and many experts say they are optimistic about another last-minute breakthrough.“All indications point to the fact that a deal is imminent before the expiry of the current extension. Or, at most, there might be another extension with negotiations going into next week,” said Vina Nadjibulla, co-founder and CEO of the Centre for Strategic Statecraft, a nonpartisan policy think tank in Canada.But while progress has been made, ...