Canada and the United States are not close to signing a trade deal to reduce current tariffs and avoid new American tariffs coming into place next week, according to a sources with direct knowledge of the trade negotiations.

The distance on a potential deal comes after a week of negotiations in Washington, labelled by multiple sources as constructive, with negotiators on both sides “nerding out” and reviewing individual tariffs on a line-by-line basis.

Even then, Global News has learned, there is still a way to go before any deal could be struck.

Global News has agreed not to identify the sources because they were not authorized to speak…

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