Trump hails 'wonderful new trade deal' with Mexico and Canada
by Richard Partington Economics correspondent from on (#3ZXY3)
11th-hour agreement ends months of dispute between the US and its closest neighbours
The US, Canada and Mexico have reached a deal to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), ending months of bitter dispute between the world's largest economy and its closest neighbours.
Donald Trump declared the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) - the new name for the world's second-biggest economic bloc behind the European Union - a "wonderful new trade deal", which came through an 11th-hour agreement late on Sunday.
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