Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Thursday the federal government is still holding out hope the two countries can reach a deal on punishing American tariffs before the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) comes up for a review next year.
Speaking to the Senate's foreign affairs and international trade committee, LeBlanc said he and other officials are in regular contact with their American counterparts about brokering a resolution to the ongoing trade dispute.
"I'm not seeing a dead end in those conversations," LeBlanc said.
The North American trade partners have launched domestic consultations on renewing CUSMA — a potentially long and drawn out process that is required under the text of the deal U.S. President Donald Trump hashed out in his first term.
LeBlanc said Canada would like to see some sort of agreement on the tariffs separate from the CUSM
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