Very slow progress (if any) on North American Free Trade Agreement talks over the weekend

Reuters with this, citing "people familiar with the process"

  • in danger of grinding to a stalemate
  • complaints of U.S. negotiators' inflexibility

As for 'on the record' comments:

  • "The talks are really not going anywhere," Jerry Dias, president of Unifor, the largest Canadian private-sector union, told reporters after meeting with Canada's chief negotiator on Sunday."As long as the United States is taking the position they are, this is a colossal waste of time," said Dias, who is advising the government and regularly meets the Canadian team.

Here is the link to Reuters piece for more