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Trump announces separate U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, says Canada may join later

Washington • President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States has reached agreement with Mexico on a new trade deal that he declared will not be called NAFTA — a name he said has bad connotations.

"It's a big day for trade. It's a big day for our country," Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office to watch him speak by phone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

Trump said he would see if Canada could be part of the deal, but that a separate deal with Canada was possible. That would amount to the biggest change yet in U.