US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the new North American Free Trade Agreement would be swiftly agreed as Canada congratulated progress on developing new rules for the automotive industry, a key issue for reform negotiations 24-year-old agreement
US President Donald Trump speaks during a tree planting ceremony with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House White House in Washington, DC, April 23, 2018.
The ministers from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, responsible for NAFTA, gathered in Washington to try to narrow the discrepancy with regional car rules in the hope of signing an agreement in the coming days.
"Oil, as we know, is moving forward. They (Mexico) will hold elections in the near future," said Trump at a Cabinet meeting in which reporters briefly took part.