Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau concluded a trip to the US this past weekend to discuss trade and other areas of cooperation with state and local leaders, touting the potential for an updated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) while cautioning that the final deal would still need to go far enough to serve Canadian interests. The NAFTA negotiations are due to resume later this month in Mexico City, just weeks after ministers confirmed that they were advancing in some of the “bread and butter” issues in modernising the accord. This included the conclusion of an anti-corruption chapter. Ministers openly acknowledged, however, that they were struggling to make headway on the most contentious issues – despite more detailed talks on these areas. (See Bridges Weekly, 1 February 2018 ) Trudeau made stops in Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; and Los Angeles, California, according to a brief report issued by his office, with the trip dedicated to various other facets of the US-Canada relationship, including on topics such as climate action and energy. “There is a clear path forward [on NAFTA] and we’re working very hard together on that path,” Trudeau said late last week in California, according to excerpts of...