At Davos, Canada and Mexico upbeat on NAFTA talks

[January 25, 2018]  DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Canada's foreign minister and Mexico's economy minister struck an upbeat note on Thursday on the outlook for talks with the United States on North American Free Trade Agreement, saying they agreed the deal needed modernizing.

Flags are pictured during the fifth round of NAFTA talks involving the United States, Mexico and Canada, in Mexico City, Mexico, November 19, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said nobody was expecting a deal to be struck in the current round of talks, but Canada was approaching the negotiations with a "spirit of positive intent" and expected the same of its partners.

Speaking alongside Freeland at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said the attempt to find creative solutions on NAFTA was in a much better place than a year ago.

(Writing by Tom Miles; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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