affairs: The rush is on Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, during a break in trade talk negotiations from the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington, according to The Toronto Star. Jacquelyn Martin / AP It may be by Friday or it may be within a period of time, he told Bloomberg. President Donald Trump said a deal was close, and that Canada would make a deal at some point, but that he was not sure if it would happen by Friday. Trump struck a harder line at a campaign rally in Indiana on Thursday night, repeating his threat to impose tariffs on imports of Canadian-made cars if Canada did not start to treat the U.S. more fairly. Anything is possible, but it'll require a lot of work, the official said. react-empty 140 A second Canadian official said a deal by Friday was still possible but that the media was succumbing to overly exuberant deal fever. Read more Article Continued Below Opinion Salutin NAFTA Screwed if we're in and screwed if we're out Trump, Trudeau say NAFTA deal possible by Friday Is it too late for Canada in NAFTA deal A Canadian government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the talks with the U.S. were down to just a few issues, but the trickiest ones.
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