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.