Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the US could potentially reach a bilateral deal with Mexico before it comes to an agreement with Canada. The Trump administration has recently floated the idea of negotiating bilateral deals instead of a trilateral NAFTA.
Perdue visited his Canadian counterpart, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay, today. The three countries have been renegotiating NAFTA for months, but most recently have switched to bilateral meetings.
“The issues with Mexico and Canada are vastly different in many ways and I think the ambassador believes that we could get a bilateral deal more quickly with Mexico and then with Canada and possibly come back together with all three nations,” he says.
