No deal at this time however he stated they hope to make fast progress.
“We obtained into particulars in a manner that hadn’t occurred earlier than,” US-Canada commerce minister Dominic LeBlanc stated. “We talked about reaching a deal shortly on aluminum, metal and vitality.”
Discussions will proceed at this time and tomorrow and we hope to get a deal as shortly as potential on these sectors.
- I noticed some substantial progress at this time and I’m comfortable
- Now we have some momentum now that we didn’t have after we wakened this morning
- On the similar time, we have now not accomplished that work and it is persevering with
- Groups on each side stated they might proceed their work to conclude as shortly as potential
- We recognized some areas the place we may cooperate extra
- The dialog between the 2 leaders left us with the impression that we’ll attempt to construction one thing in these sectors
- Requested a couple of timeline, stated he is extra optimistic with out providing particulars
- He stated they had been ‘recognizing the urgency’ for a deal
- We cannot be speaking concerning the particulars of our conversations
- LeBlanc says he can be remaining in Washington
It is not clear what sort of timeline he is engaged on right here however with LeBlanc staying in Washington, it is ‘days’ not ‘weeks’. If we do not hear something by Monday, I might take that as a foul signal.