Trade Deal in Final Sprint as Premiers Balk at the Booze Compromise

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc emerged from what is believed to be his longest meeting yet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, declaring the two sides are "very close" on a deal to avert 50 per cent tariffs on roughly $28 billion worth of Canadian goods. Chief Negotiator Janice Charette joined the session as the clock ticks on Trump's extended tariff deadline. LeBlanc told reporters he...