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Article snippet: MORE notified Congress on Friday of his plans to sign a trade agreement with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), setting off a 90-day clock for the nations to sign the deal. The United States also is hoping to include Canada in the agreement even though they failed to meet Friday's deadline imposed by Trump after long discussions this week to reach a deal. "I intend to enter into a trade agreement with Mexico — and with Canada if it is willing, in a timely manner, to meet the high standards for free, fair, and reciprocal trade contained therein," Trump said in the notice to the House. U.S. and Canadian negotiators will resume trade talks on Wednesday with the hopes of wrapping up a deal before the clock runs out. Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters on Friday afternoon that the U.S. and Canada are making progress "but we are not there yet." "Once we have a good deal for Canada we'll be done," she said. Without Canada in the agreement Congress won't approve an updated 24-year-old NAFTA deal. U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donohue said on Friday that “anything other than a trilateral agreement won’t win congressional approval and would lose business support." Congress won't have a chance to consider the deal until at least next year. U.S. Trade Representative MORE, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee said “it is premature for the president to announce he intends to sign a trade a... Link to the full article to read more