U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says the White House was aiming to make a deal that encompassed more than what the USMCA covers.

The Trump administration had hoped to negotiate a grander bargain with Canada than simply a renewal of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement but it doesn’t seem possible at the moment, the U.S. ambassador to Canada said Tuesday.

Pete Hoekstra, speaking about the state of Canada-U.S. relations, said the White House had been looking for an agreement that encompassed numerous subjects, including defence .

“Americans were hopeful that we could negotiate a bigger deal,” Mr. Hoekstra told an Ottawa event hosted by the Canadian International Council on Tuesday.

“I mean, there is so much that we do together, where our economies are integrated, they graf

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