Freeland travelling to Mexico Tuesday for USMCA meeting

TORONTO -- Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will meet with top officials in Mexico on Tuesday as part of a late push to finalize the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The meeting, confirmed by the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday evening, comes amid new reports that Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. are close to reaching an agreement with the White House to ratify the USMCA.

• Read more here about the latest efforts to finalize the deal

Freeland will join top U.S. officials, including Trump administration senior advisor Jared Kushner and U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer, in Mexico.

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  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Chrystia Freeland responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Monday December 9, 2019 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld