team will meet with freeland and her team next week. now saying on the record that the negotiations with canada will continue wednesday of next week, saying the president has officially notified kicking in that 90-day clock, notified congress of his intent to sign a trade agreement with mexico. and they say in a parenthetical here, and canada if it is willing, that the president will sign that in 90 days so where we are right now, negotiations with the canadians will continue as of wednesday next week, according to the u.s. trade representative but clearly we're going to reach the end of the day today without a deal in writing, signed in inked by 5:00 p.m. friday, guys. >> if the deadline originally for canada was today, given this has kicked off 90 days, is there new deadline for canada 09 days away or realistically is it going to be next week or soon after or not at all? >> there's a nuanced legal answer to that i can't give you right now, but i think where we're going to land is that this 90 day notification to congress is trying to

risks very little movement the signs that are coming out are well not very definite in fact chrystia freeland just stepped in front of the press and said they are working hard on an agreement that tells us exactly nothing so we're back to refreshing our twitter feed and seeing if trump has any news on that and in the meantime if that was the bit going on way you up paul will there be a revised after including all three countries on friday come on tell us. well if i would have to put money on it i would go for a death and maybe. there is a positive signs of course and it might be interesting for a candidate to join especially after that amount of provisions that were just mentioned in the report because raising the minimum wage for these or the production of this. higher wage production is a benefit to canada cars from canada are going to seem cheaper in comparison to mexico and that is of course positive for the trade but the chemist trying to press protect its dairy farmers tariff on that and doesn't really like that so are they going to figure it out we're probably got two more days to see

canada's foreign minister chrystia freeland is in washington for talks — but will she agree to the new of the pact? nafta — or the north american free trade agreement — is one of the biggest in the world, accounting for $1 trillion in trade every year. but president trump has been unhappy with the deal, blaming it for a fall in the number of us manufacturing jobs, particularly in the auto industry. under the new terms agreed by mexico and the us, 75% of vehicles would need to be made in north america to qualify for tax—free treatment — that's higher than the existing deal. and to discourage firms from moving production to lower wage mexico, between 40—45% of a car would need to be made by workers earning at least $16 per hour. this is what ms freeland had to say after her initial meeting with us trade representative robert lighthizer. it was a constructive conversation and the ambassador was fine with me saying that he feels that was a constructive conversation. we are set for an important and constructive at week. we agreed we would go into detail on specific issues beginning tomorrow

stuart: i'm sorry, i have to interrupt you, chrystia freeland is speaking.rade on canada. >> [speaking french] stuart: ladies and gentlemen, i'm sorry, she started to speak in english. then she went to french and disappeared. she walked away from the microphone. ashley: see you later. stuart: i don't know what she said at first. i think she is saying they're still talking. things are still positive. ashley: that is what she's been saying last couple days. stuart: briefest of updates i ever seen from a foreign minister. that is what she said. no impact on the market. back to you, keith, you were telling everyone that i was right. costa could become a global player against starbucks. keep that thought. go ahead. >> no problem, it as your show, stuart. in all seriousness i think that is spot on, because it gives them retail presence. it gives them bricks and mortar and viable channels. if they play their cards right, they can come with pepsi. stuart: liz speaking to warren buffett about apple and tesla. roll tape. >> i support tim cook. i think it would be a ve

you know miss freeland. how do you think this will end?'t want weigh in, personally, if you think about the facts you saw a slight change in tone the fact that the minister is not responding anything regarding the chapter 19 dairy, anything like that. there is no hints that we know something positive is happening. it is, to me, i don't wan to hear the word optimism all the time. too many people are using that. that doesn't tell me anything. i want to know what has progressed, what are the sticking points, how we work through this? i know this has to happen behind closed doors. canada doesn't believe displaying publicly. there is a little more meat i want as reporter. we'll bring in more people, experts who can weigh in on this carol roth as well as rona ambrose, former leader of the conservative party of canada. member of canadian government advisory council. and ron, former speecher writer for president george w. bush and. what you did i this of misfreeland's response, lack thereof comment, the negotiations to on next week? i know that yo

canadian minister chrystia freeland had comments moments ago. >> hi, eamon >> what we heard from the top canadian negotiator in washington is that they've reached the end of the day today with no deal, but they do have an agreement to continue negotiating and they'll meet on wednesday next week. chrystia freeland was asked in that press conference about some of the big personalities involved in this intense negotiation. here's what she said >> how can you possibly negotiate with a guy like donald trump who says he's not going to give any ground. that's not a negotiation, is it? how could you negotiate with somebody like that >> my negotiator is ambassador lighthouser and he's brought good will to the table as i said it is going to take flexibility on all sides to get to a deal in the end >> the president of the united states not at the negotiating table. he was at an event in north carolina today, but he continued to send his message into negotiators up in ottawa >> if we don't make a deal with canada, that's just fine, but we'll see how it all works out i say affectionately we'll ha

chrystia freeland, the top negotiator for the canadian side, was asked a short time ago if she thought the americans were negotiating in good faith. >> are the americans negotiating in good faith? do you think they're negotiating in good faith? >> ambassador lighthizer and his team throughout this negotiation have been working really, really hard as i said, our starting positions at the beginning were very far apart i think at this point we know what each side needs and we're working hard to find a way -- >> reporter: so just reading the body language there, an awfully long pause after she was asked if the americans were negotiating in good faith after she said lighthizer and the others were working hard she did not say she felt they were negotiating in good faith so now there's a mystery here on top of a dilemma the dilemma is what happens now to this deal do the canadians get in or out we've only got a couple more hours to figure that out the mystery is who leaked these off-the-record oval office comments from the president of the united states and why did they do it tyler? >> fascin

says her country will always stand up for human rights domestically and abroad freeland also expressed regret at reports that saudi arabia would cancel scholarships for saudis studying in canada in addition the kingdom announced it would cease new trade deals with countering spell the country's ambassador over what it calls interference in its domestic affairs the government of bangladesh is considering imposing the death penalty on motorists found guilty of causing fatal traffic accidents under certain circumstances the proposals aimed at improving that country's dismal road safety record and it quelling the growing mass protests over traffic fatalities and gridlock in the capital dhaka. the chant has been echoing through the streets of dhaka for more than a week now paralyzing the mega city of eighteen million. students are calling on the government to take steps to improve road safety they also want justice for their classmates killed by a speeding bus on july twenty ninth. many dhaka residents sympathize with their anger. that i those drivers killed the students and now students ar

canada is still on the table and chrystia freeland spoke yesterday about meeting canadia and americanpeople know what's most important to canada we will stand up to our national interests. that's what we always do this is a week where we'll work hard to find some win-win compromise >>> let's bring in spepeter spie from "the financial times. here's the idea. right now the trade talks are the united states, mexico, and canada neither of those is england or on the continent of europe, yet this trade story continues to dominate the ft's headlines and i assume your reader interest. how come >> the story now is in north america, i never thought i would spend this much time discussing canadian politics. because trump declared trade war against europe, there is this open question about whether trump genuinely means any of this or is doing everything for effect, for negotiations we saw the same thing happen with europe. he's threatened car tariffs, which everyone is freaked out about. we had jean-claude juncker who flew to washington, they did a deal so everyone is watching the dynamic of how

risks very little movement the signs that are coming out are well not very definite in fact chrystia freeland just stepped in front of the press and said they are working hard on an agreement that tells us exactly nothing so we're back to refreshing our twitter feed and seeing if there's any news on that and in the meantime if there was a bit going on way you will it be a revised after including all three countries on friday come on tell us. well if i would have to put money i would go for a death and maybe. there is a positive signs of course and it might be interesting for a candidate to join a specially after these other mode of provisions that were just mentioned in the report because raising the minimum wage for these or the production of the. higher wage production is a benefit to canada cars from canada are going to seem cheaper in comparison to mexico and that is of course positive for the trade but the chemist trying to press protect its dairy farmers tariff on that and doesn't really like that so are they going to figure it out we're probably got two more days to see what's coming u

denounced kadian statement as quote an overt and blatant interference in saudi internal affairs miss freeland addressed the spat before the media in vancouver are values based foreign policy are support for human rights and for women's rights is an essential part of who we are when we speak for canada in the world. when it comes to the broader relationship with saudi arabia our diplomats have. procedural questions today and we're waiting for answers on how saudi arabia intends to go forward with every patient. chance today the front line of u.s. labor movements fight for survival in the midwestern state of missouri continues labor leaders there are working to defeat the missouri legislators attempt to make missouri the nation's twenty ninth so-called right to work state three hundred seven three hundred ten thousand petitions were submitted last year to put the law to the electorate on a referendum being voted upon today laws of this kind effect only impose anti-union policies across the state the congressional research service here in washington found in two thousand and twelve that states w

on a revised north american free trade agreement is very intense chrystia freeland spoke after leaders from both countries expressed optimism that a deal will be done by friday on monday u.s. president donald trump announced that he had reached a deal with mexico has threatened to impose additional tariffs on canada's auto exports of canada agreed to join the new pact all three countries have been working on a new agreement since last august but mexico and the u.s. recently began negotiating their own keep it here and sad story is next one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be what it is you know it's thirty channels in the body but the good because you have a lot of people that are deployed on political issues. we do people believe to tell the real story so i'll just mended used to do the work individualism we don't feel in people. across the globe. war crimes in yemen strikes by the sounds in amman rotty coalition cau

on a revised north american free trade agreement as very intense chrystia freeland spoke after leaders from both countries expressed optimism that a deal will be done before friday on monday u.s. president donald trump announced he had reached a deal with mexico all three countries have been working on a new agreement since last august the mexico and the u.s. recently began negotiating on their own rosalyn jordan has more from washington d.c. . at the beginning of the week it looked as if the replacement for the north american free trade agreement or now after would be a buying national deal between the united states and mexico hedging mostly on revised terms on how many automobiles and automobile parts could be exported from mexico into the united states however there is no the possibility that this deal could end up including canada one of the members of the north american free trade agreement that's because canadian negotiators led by the foreign minister chrystia freeland are currently meeting with their u.s. counterparts here in washington to see if they can hammer out a similar e

overt and blatant interference in saudi internal affairs miss freeland addressed the spat before the media in vancouver are values based foreign policy our support for human rights and for women's rights is an essential part of who we are when we speak for canada in the world. when. the broader relationship with saudi arabia our diplomats have at its procedural questions today and we're waiting for answers on how. intends to go forward with their relationship. and today the front line of u.s. labor movements fight for survival in the midwestern state of missouri continues labor leaders there are working to defeat the missouri legislators attempt to make missouri the nation's twenty ninth so-called right to work state three hundred seven three hundred ten thousand petitions were submitted last year to put the law to the electorate on a referendum being voted upon today laws of this kind effect only impose anti-union policies across the state the congressional research service here in washington found in two thousand and twelve that states with right to work laws typically have lower w

according to some reports but you know there is an issue here we did do something wrong chrystia freeland the foreign minister of canada sent out a tweet so she decided to do twitter politics along the lines of president donald trump and she got us into this whole jam with the saudis because of that this issue really when you look at it how do you resolve it well you know what there is a resolution here and that's basically firing christian freeland at the same time possibly apologizing to the saudis but a lot of a see this as an opportunity to break a relationship that should have probably been broken a long time ago with a country that is the biggest sponsor of terrorism on this planet. this is a few things to say about that doesn't use words oh not those words you know it's interesting to me that there is this idea that she said strongly encourage those strongly worded if a woman says you're wrong and you lose your mind so much that you're pulling kids out of hospitals and souls and shutting down airplanes you might want to ask yourself why that is i think that part of it is right yet

as quote an overt and blatant interference in saudi internal affairs miss freeland addressed the spat before the media in vancouver are values based foreign policy our support for human rights and for women's rights is an essential part of who we are when we speak for canada in the world. when it comes to the broader relationship with saudi arabia our diplomats have our procedural questions today and we're waiting for answers on how saudi arabia intends to go forward with that relationship. chance today the front line of u.s. labor movements fight for survival in the midwestern state of missouri continues labor leaders there are working to defeat the missouri legislators attempt to make missouri the nation's twenty ninth so-called right to work state three hundred seven three hundred ten thousand petitions were submitted last year to put the law to the electorate on a referendum being voted upon today laws of this kind effect only impose anti-union policies across the state the congressional research service here in washington found in two thousand and twelve that states with right to

and kathleen, freeland sounding optimistic. there's a long way to go yet given just the lack of detail we have even on the deal with mexico. >> well, there certainly is. but one thing's for sure, and that is that this seems to be coming on trade negotiation in warp speed. think of it how trade negotiations usually go. they take weeks e they take months. they can take years. and suddenly it looks like maybe this is something that the u.s. would like to get done. the trump team at least. this week. and of course canada has jumped back into the trade talks. not too surprising after all. they are left out after trade deal with mexico. it could make it harder for them to do anything with u.s. in the future. and actually, freeland upbeat after emerging from her meeting and vowed to stand up for canada's national interests and seek compromise and clearly said that she sees progress given what has gone on with mexico. let's listen to what she told reporters earlier today. >> the fact that mexico was able to do something that i think mu

we know canadian foreign affairs minister krystia freeland is flying in from germany to resume talks with u.s. trade officials. this is just a day after president trump threatened to slap tariffs on canadian auto imports. that's if canada opts not to join the agreement he made with mexico. we have edward lawrence who has been following the back and forth throughout the past several days and he joins us live from washington. edward, do you have any signs that maybe canada will be on board? what do we know? >> i can tell you the mexican delegation believes financially, they believe canada has to sign on to this deal. those talks start today. as you said, the mexican minister or canadian minister will be here in washington, d.c. to start those talks. in an exclusive interview, the man on the mexican side who negotiated this deal, the mexican economy minister, told me it's time for canada to sign. >> remember every time, even the first time of prime minister trudeau to washington, the message was it is going to be very easy to solve relationship with canada. guess what, good news for can

on a revised north american free trade agreement as fairy intense chrystia freeland spoke after leaders from both countries expressed optimism that a deal will be done before friday on thursday u.s. president ronald trump announced he had reached a deal with mexico all three countries have been working on a new agreement since last august in mexico the u.s. recently began to go shooting on their own we recognize that there is a possibility of getting there by friday but it is only a possibility because it will hinge on whether or not there is ultimately a good deal for killers a good deal for canadians i've said from the very beginning no live to deal is better than a bad nerve to deal. is in washington d.c. . at the beginning of the week it looked as if the replacement for the north american free trade agreement or now after would be a buying national deal between the united states and mexico hedging mostly on revised terms on how many automobiles and automobile parts could be exported from mexico into the united states however there is no the possibility that this deal could end up in

new terms for the way car imports are taxed canada snuff to negotiate a foreign minister christine freeland is due in washington today to discuss changes to the trade treaty after cutting short a trip to europe. well it's clearly it's a very busy u.s. president there especially when it comes to trade and where does that leave the u.s. economy that's something i would like to ask you frank. for the tab the president of the american chamber of commerce here in germany as we know it. is it i mean he's all about america. overhauling trade deals with with china with the e.u. nafta of course does america benefit from it well you pointed out a president is very focused on trade as really the centerpiece of most of what he's trying to accomplish he has some views on trade that are not necessarily shared by mainstream economists and. many other sectors of the business world however. certainly we welcome his initiatives to go and look at things that are thirty years old like nafta is and say let's modernize it's a make sense for today's world one that treaty was signed back and i believe nineteen nin

the foreign minister chrystia freeland has gone there to lead the team and the people that have been working with her on this file throughout her also there and they'll be scheduling sessions with the u.s. and mexico in the coming days and friday's the deadline let's not forget there's a fairly tight deadline here assuming the canadians stick to and the prime minister justin trudeau has been speaking about this and he said that their eyes are on the prize of a new deal we will engage in a positive constructive way as we always have been and look forward to ultimately signing a deal as long as it is good for canada and good for middle class kids but reaching that elusive agreement that suits all parties isn't going to be easy for the negotiators there are a number of sticking points that the canadians have mostly with the u.s. that weren't addressed by the u.s. and mexican arrangements announced on monday one of them is dispute resolution canada wants independent trade arbiters and the americans are saying no we can't have that another one is the dairy eggs and poultry industry in can

>>> the canadian foreign minister freeland is in washington as canada renegotiates nafta regulations'll see what plays out this morning. >> trade talks under way this hour as canada makes its way back to the nafta negotiating table. eamon javers, good morning >> reporter: good morning, carl you're right krista freeland of canada walking around the corner here from the white house, making positive comments on her way inside to begin the day of negotiations she was asked whether or not she thinks that canada can hit that friday deadline that's looming later this week. here's what she said >> we are encouraged by the progress they made with mexico this summer. mexico has made some significant concessions which will be really good for canadian workers. on that basis, we are optimistic about having some very good productive conversations this week >> so freeland saying there that canada is optimistic they can have good discussions here, not committing necessarily to meeting that friday deadline the white house strategy has been to cut that deal and announce it earlier in the week with mex

secretary liam fox talking to our reporter placement meanwhile, canada's trade minister chrystia freelandn. that came after mexico and the united states came to an agreement. united states has said that they will move without canada, if necessary. there are calls for facebook and twitter to be careful, after slamming what he called lib dems net results. —— president trump has called on google, instagram on facebook to be careful. the administration may look at some types of regulation to the president's complaints, north america technology reporter dave lee says google wasted little time in responding to the president's comment. google was pretty quick off the mark after the president's tweets early in the morning. google said ina tweets early in the morning. google said in a statement... there are many, many factors that go into what does appear in a google search, about 200 different things that can influence the ranking of various websites, but google, as i say, are pretty firm in saying that politics is not a part of that equation. north american technology reporter dave lee there. no

here in washington, d.c., similar positive comments from chrystia freeland. she's negotiating on behalf of the canadians right around the corner from where i'm standing at the u.s. trade representative's office. here's what she said just a short time ago. >> we had a good conversation with three mexican lead officials who came to our embassy last night and that was very productive we now need to have some good deep conversations with our u.s. partners and that's what we're doing. >> reporter: so you heard both trudeau and freeland say they're not going to negotiate in public that means we have very few specifics to go by here. all we can do is wait for the smoke signal to come out of the u.s. trade representative's office that they have a deal or not a deal meanwhile we'll watch the mood ring in terms of the comments that we get out of the negotiators. all of those comments right now seem to be in a very good mood indeed. >> do you know if it's going to be white smoke or black smoke? >> we don't know and what color the mood ring is going to be. i mangled that

there's crystal freeland she's not talking about campbell's soup but a canadian -- >> you never know.> a dairy component in campbell let's listen to freeland [ speaking foreign language >> we'll wait until she starts to speak english again >> we'll wait and see if she switches back to english we're a day before that deadline before canada gets locked out of nafta talks. we're a week away from the $200 billion tariff deadline with chinese goods. dollar is bouncing off support coming off four consecutive record closes. so you can understand why the bears might feel a little defensive today. >> we didn't get any hard news out of the canada talks yesterday, but no news on the trade front appears to be good news, especially as we heard from minister freeland yesterday at this time optimistic let's listen >> thank you >> well, maybe later maybe later. maybe she'll have something to say about soup, too. >> you know they put tariffs on -- >> they did, didn't they >> american food, like soups, coming over the border campbell's does have its canada business it's keeping. just to button all that

the foreign minister chrystia freeland has gone there to lead the team and the people that have been working with her on this file throughout her also there and they'll be shared drooling sessions with the u.s. and mexico in the coming days and friday's the deadline let's not forget there's a fairly tight deadline here assuming the canadians stick to and the prime minister justin trudeau has been speaking about this and he said that their eyes are on the prize of a new deal we will engage in a positive constructive way as we always have been and look forward to ultimately signing a deal as long as it is good for canada and good for middle class kids but reaching that elusive agreement that suits all parties isn't going to be easy for the negotiators there are a number of sticking points that the canadians have mostly with the u.s. that weren't addressed by the u.s. and mexican arrangements announced on monday one of them is dispute resolution canada one independent create arbiters and the americans are saying no we can't have that another one is the dairy eggs and poultry industry in

the foreign minister chrystia freeland has gone there to lead the team and the people that have been working with her on this file throughout are also there and they'll be scheduling sessions with the u.s. and mexico in the coming days and fridays the deadline let's not forget there's a fairly tight deadline here assuming the canadians stick to it the prime minister justin trudeau has been speaking about this and he said that their eyes are on the prize of a new deal we will engage in a positive and constructive way as we always have been and look forward to ultimately signing a deal as long as it is good for canada and good for middle class. but reaching that elusive agreement that suits all parties isn't going to be easy for the negotiators there are a number of sticking points that the canadians have mostly with the u.s. that weren't addressed by the u.s. and mexican arrangements announced on monday one of them is dispute resolution canada one independent trade arbiters and the americans are saying no we can't have that another one is the dairy eggs and poultry industry in canada

canadian minister, chrystia freeland, that was her speaking moments ago, a deal is in the works. after off the record comments about how president trump would not give canada, quote an inch. a deal is still in the works. we break it down with the facts, we bring, look who is here, economist ben stein to react. anything can happen in next hour. >>> high per -- hyperbole, another democrat comparing president trump to a terrorist, like osama bin laden claiming they have a lot in common. >>> media going big on trump volunteer, blocking a news photographer camera at indiana rally. trump campaign says he has been removed but where was the media when antifa physically attack ad news crew in charlottesville? the news media, you know what, should not be blocking but should cover all stories. we have legal eagle alan dershowitz on rudy giuliani saying he and the president will have a report to counter special counsel robert mueller's findings. thank you so much for joining us. thank you for watching. honey, politics, we've got the debate behind tomorrow's headlines. i'm elizabeth macdonald

canada is not backing down from this fight foreign minister christian freeland says that the country will continue to stand for human rights including women's rights and freedom of expression the tweet that led to canada's and basket are being sent home had to do with samar but the sister of activists raised the dow we now both of them are in prison in saudi arabia race but his wife is now a canadian citizen so this is a story that canadians are very familiar with in fact prime minister justin trudeau has been under pressure to sever military contracts with saudi arabia because of their human rights record interesting lee not clear how those contracts will be affected going forward because of the demand from saudi arabia that future business ties be cut we know there will be an impact from this decision economically for canada flights from saudi arabia into toronto will stop on august thirteenth students that attend university here in canada from saudi arabia have been called back home the government will stop paying their tuition that's estimated to be about fifteen thousand people

none of us have matt, i am curious, our friend on twitter is looking over a statement from christa freeland that says canada's signature is required to what degree do they have leverage here. would they just roll over this to get it done by friday >> well, the united states has very limited leverage. president trump's threats from nafta if he doesn't get what he wants was never a credible threat that's a dissertation of itself. i agree with ambassador hills, it is important to the united states to get rid of chapter 19. that relates to two special kinds of customs duties imposed on canadian or mexican goods on a temporary basis. a right of appeal to not u.s. courts but to bi-national u.s. or canada panel or u.s., mexico panel. i chaired one of those once. they work fairly well, but the united states has reasons to get rid of that. we don't have leverage to force canada to drop it, and it is an extremely important issue for canada because of lumber and because of aircraft. so we're not going to get that we have reason to get it, but we're not going to president trump needs to come to underst

christa freeland said last night the two sides gathered a lot of ground.s constructive. president trump warns he will levy tariffs on canadian-made cars if there is no deal. on monday the u.s. and mexico reached a preliminary deal that doesn't include canada. the president is ready to put tariffs on billions of goods as early as next week. the 70 stocks lower. the dell fell 137 points. the nasdaq finished 21 points lower. >>> meanwhile, president trump cancelled pay raises that were due in january for most civilian federal employees. if the president would not have acted, workers would have gotten an all 2.1% above the board. he blames budget constraints and effective workers could see a slightly smaller pay boost under a proposal congress is considering. >>> campbell soup is reorganizing. the company plans to sell its international business to pay down debt and focus on its soup and snacks business in north america. the soup and juice sales have decli declined with greater competition as families look for foods they consider healthier and less processed.

canada is remaining defiant they're refusing to back down from this fight foreign minister chrystia freeland says bad candidate will continue to stand for human rights particularly women's rights and free expression activists that she singled out in her tweet as some are by bata we whose brother is re spotted we they're both activists they've both been put in jail and rafe's wife is actually now a canadian citizen so you understand the connection here and why the foreign minister says she felt the need to speak out on this case in particular canadians themselves are i think it's fair to say shocked by the response of the saudi government they have actually been pushing prime minister justin trudeau to get rid of military contracts with the saudis for equipment because of saudi arabia's human rights record so the issues being discussed are familiar to canadians here and not many citizens are not certainly comfortable with with the business dealings with them now interestingly we don't know it looks like at the moment those military contracts will not be affected by this decision to stop futur

we will get that press conference at the canadian embassy and will hear from cristcrist chrystia freelandsir, your reaction to the fact that it looks like there is no deal between the u.s. and canada on the trade talks? >> well, the setup was really tough. five weeks of negotiations with mexico, the phone call, hey, come in and you got to get a deal done by friday. it was a very difficult lift. on the other hand, if everybody was willing to compromise and find paths to getting a deal, that this would happen. over the week i think the markets thought this might happen but things started, you know, winding down a little bit, unfortunately, because the president's comments made it clear that the u.s. was not in a negotiation position, they were in mandate position. and mandating is really not a good way to sit down and negotiate, especially with your best friend, and your most important trading ally and your next door neighbor, and so this is disappointing at this stage. on the other hand, let's see what the news is, because i'm hopeful we continue these negotiations all the way to the next

today, canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland left europe and joined last minute talks. greg ip of the "wall street journal" joins me again to walk us through the situation. so, greg, i ticked off a few things we think are part of the u.s.-mexico agreement. what more should we know about that? >> well, they've taken a step of actually incorporating in the agreement some of the things mexico previously agreed to, for example the ght of unions to negotiate freely, those protections have been strengthened in the agreement. new areas of trade have cropped up that is agreement deals with -- stronger protection for copyright, for biological drugsp for exa. weakening of the dispute mechanisms under the existing treaty. under the existing treaty if investors or the government feel they have been wronged they can appeal to a dispute settlement body, that'seen narrowed. under the treaty, say if canada is hit withariffs fo subsidizing exports, they can appeal the u.s. decision to the a binational panel. that mechanism is also gone from the agreement. >> woodrf: so there are changes

the foreign minister chrystia freeland has gone there to lead the team and the people that have been working with her on this file throughout her also there and they'll be shared tooling sessions with the u.s. and mexico in the coming days and fridays the deadline let's not forget there's a fairly tight deadline here assuming the canadians stick to it the prime minister justin trudeau has been speaking about this and he said that their eyes are on the prize of a new deal we will engage in a positive constructive way as we always have been and look forward to ultimately signing a deal as long as it is good for canada and good for middle class a good start but reaching that elusive agreement that suits all parties isn't going to be easy for the negotiators there are a number of sticking points that the canadians have mostly with the u.s. that weren't addressed by the u.s. and mexican arrangements announced on monday one of them is dispute resolution canada wants independent trade arbiters and the americans are saying no we can't have that another one is the dairy eggs and poultry indus

we listened to chrystia freeland, and she was clearth saying that want to get a deal, but she would nothe issue of donald trump in the news conference. she said she deals with the ambassador, the man dealing with the negotiations but at the same , time, the issue of donald trump and his shadow will play over over all of this. according to these leaked comments come he apparently said off the record, "here is the no, the answersa is no." ent trump is going to ha a say, and as much as canada says they are dealing with the ambassador, donald trump is the man as far as america is concerned. oune: chris buckler, thank for joining me. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, a bbc fans have been flockingo follow the hwarts express, but for one scottish village,s the number of visit has become too much. jane: it is among the most majestic species of wildlife, and yet in the u.k., the golden eagle can be found only in remote parts of scotland. scientists hope to protect the eagle and expanded numbers thank with their genetic code. victoria gill has more. victoria: a golden eagl

the recent terror spat and verbal sparring he's had with canadian pm justin trudeau now chrystia freeland canada's foreign minister said in a statement that canada would only join a new deal if it were quote good for the middle class adding that canada wants to continue working toward a modernization of the existing nafta deal now on this new proposal with mexico so far trump says there will be major changes in joint manufacturing of cars he says for cars to be considered made in north america seventy five percent of the parts must be made in either the u.s. or mexico and that's up from the previous nafta deal which only require them to be sixty two and a half percent of parts made.

freeland. that mustthat -- >> be that they are negotiating in private.rter: are there red lines? >> we have been clear with the people in canada about the issues most informed us. certainty. there has to be a way of solving disputes. there needs to be a mechanism. we believe in a rule-based trading order. we are keen to host a number of countries in october to talk about wto reforms for the same reasons. andictability, certainty, that these trade agreements are in everybody's interest. it is important to canada and should be to all of our trading partners. anna: that was jim carr, speaking to haslinda amin. aw with us, alan winters, real expert in global trade at the university of sussex. thanks for joining us. it seems that in terms of nafta dispute resolution is one area that canada is trying to push for. given your expertise in trade, how important is it that we have some mechanism around dispute resolution in nafta 2.0? deal is important in any because [indiscernible] the americans have never very being told what to do. is they have known for quite a

still need the approval of legislators in all three countries canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland went to washington to try to repair the damage asked if a deal could be reached she said this. you're tempting me to say something church knowing it was the end of the beginning the beginning of the end but let me just. a lot's has been accomplished assignment evan at joins me now from st gallon university in switzerland he oversees the m.b.a. program there and is a professor of international trade and economic development thanks very much for being with us so does this updated nafta have have the kind of support that it needs from from the business community and the general public right now the updated matter agreement especially the u.s. mexican deal will be supported by business really for a almost the relief it gives because the uncertainty was killing investment plans as for public support for this i expect it will be much greater in the steel sector and in the call sector and in the states of the united states where those industries are well represented like michigan so what was

canada is not backing down from this by foreign minister chrystia freeland says that the country will continue to stand for human rights including women's rights and freedom of expression the tweet that led to canada as ambassador being sent home had to do with samar but the sister of activists raised modally now both of them are in prison in saudi arabia race but he's wife is now a canadian citizen so this is a story that canadians are very familiar with in fact prime minister justin trudeau has been under pressure to sever military contracts with saudi arabia because of their human rights record interesting lee not clear how those contracts will be affected going forward because of the demand from saudi arabia that future business ties be cut we know there will be an impact from this decision economically for canada flights from saudi arabia into toronto will stop on august thirteenth students that attend university here in canada from saudi arabia have been called back home the government will stop paying their tuition that's estimated to be about fifteen thousand people so that's

reporters offering only sort of a we will see response to that then canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland is in washington today for talks on including canada in the nafta rewrite while mr trump is position the u.s. to leave canada out relevant congressional committee chairs insist that mr trump is not legally authorized under this so-called trade promotion authority or t.p.a. to negotiate an agreement that excludes canada will talk more about this tomorrow. and for the second time in as many weeks the german foreign minister heikal moscow's call for the european union to move away from the so-called swift system of international financial payments swift is an acronym for the society for worldwide financial telecommunications the system has been used over the years to guard against money laundering and particularly to guard against terrorist group financial transactions more than eleven thousand financial institutions and roughly two hundred ations used within a message is said every single second of every day the concern of a joint german foreign minister is that the united states might

on a revised north american free trade agreement as very intense chrystia freeland spoke after leaders from both countries expressed optimism that a deal will be done before friday and monday u.s. president onil trump announced he reached a deal with mexico. india's top court has stopped police from jailing five rights activists and lawyers who were arrested on monday they're accused of supporting band leftist rebels active in some areas and they're also accused of inciting violence between those at the bottom of india's caste system and right wing protesters the supreme court has ordered that the five be kept under house arrest. those are the headlines to keep it here on al-jazeera for news throughout the day and the meantime the strain is next thanks for time. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures of course there were . times where you called. i'll just bring you the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. ok and i really could be live here in the stream today i look back at one of the most iconic photos of the syrian refugee crisis well here the

canada's foreign minister chrystia freeland has said she will travel to washington tomorrow to startl would have to be good for canada and the middle class. she said that canada's signature is required. it remains to be seen if canada will be able to come to a swift agreement with the us and mexico. if they don't, how that will play out in america and mexico. many in congress and the business community don't think an agreement with just the us and mexico is sufficient to replace nafta. we'll leave it there. thank you. a leaked memo suggests that a pro—eu campaign group will try to enlist the support of labour members at the party's conference next month. the people's vote group, which wants a new brexit referendum on any final deal, wants labour mps and activists to try to change party policy to support a second vote. but the campaign says it isn't an attempt to challenge the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, is here. how likely is this going to get on the agenda at the conference, the labour conference? it isn't guaranteed but the people's vote be

it alone with mexico and leave canada out of the deal canadian foreign affairs minister chrystia freeland hoped to hop on a plane rather and she was in washington yesterday and today she's actually set to meet the u.s. trade representative robert light hisor within the hour will there be a deal or no deal we'll have to see we're joined by henry ford which of stroke mark to help us sort this all out i actually worked on the hill on trade issues that gave you a lot of things to work there on time and i recalled we did fast track that nafta you actually have to provide the president any president with authority to negotiate and in this regard on nafta it's with three it's not with two does this pose some problems for the administration there are many problems that can come about i do think that when a very powerful position though don't forget most of the canadian exports do come to the u.s. and we voted on the deal with mexico so i do think that this is going to go through also with regard to the timing bought the midterms the coming up how many people are actually going to run saying i thi

canada's nafta negotiator foreign minister chrystia freeland interrupted a trip to europe to rush back to washington to begin talks with her u.s. and mexican counterparts stand for she wants her country to remain part of a trilateral tact women's rights u.s. treasury secretary steven minutia believes washington could strike a trade deal with this week everybody he said their markets are very intertwined so it's important to reach an agreement the president is objective is to have deals with mexico and have a deal with canada and if we could do it as one deal would do it one deal if we do it in two deals will do it two deals with minutia expressed optimism that ottawa would agree to changes this is a complicated agreement there's lots of things in here that are all new i would think the candidate would be very much on board with a stronger intellectual property a stronger protections modernizing the agreement so i'm hopeful that the open issues with canada can be resolved quickly and they're going to come without a deal u.s. president donald trump has threatened to impose tariffs on can

canada's foreign minister, chrystia freeland, is in washington for talks — but will she agree to the? nafta, or the north american free trade agreement, is one of the biggest in the world accounting for $1 trillion in trade every year. but president trump has been unhappy with the deal, blaming it for a fall in the number of us manufacturing jobs, particuarly in the auto industry. under the new terms agreed by mexico and the us, 75% of vehicles would need to be made in north america to qualify for tax—free treatment — that's higher than the existing deal. and to discourage firms from moving production to lower wage mexico, between a0 and 45% of a car would need to be made by workers earning at least $1 per hour. that is what we know so far. with me is christophe bondy, trade lawyer at cooley llp, former trade adviser to the canadian government. he led negotiations with canada on ceta deal. welcome. sally has run through the issues at stake. a really big day today. preliminary talks. a lot still to be done. what do you think will happen? i think canada will look of the deal on the tab

accept new terms for the way cars important text kind of us nafta negotiator for a minister christian freeland is in washington today to discuss changes to the trade treaty after cutting short a trip to europe. well it's clearly it's a very busy u.s. president there especially when it comes to trade where does that leave the u.s. economy that's something i would like to ask you frank. for the tab the president of the american chamber of commerce here in germany as we know it. is it i mean he's all about america. overhauling trade deals with with china with the e.u. nafta of course does america benefit from it well you pointed out a president is very focused on trade is really the centerpiece of most of what he's trying to accomplish he has some views on trade that are not necessarily shared by mainstream economists and. many other sectors of the business world however. certainly we welcome his initiatives to go and look at things that are thirty years old like nafta is and say let's modernize it's a make sense for today's world one that treaty was signed back and i believe nineteen ninety four