NAFTA SCRAPS

OTTAWA — Canada is shooting back at American criticism that it is being inflexible and unconstructive at the North American Free Trade renegotiation that has resumed this week in Montreal.
Canadian officials are taking direct aim at the narrative that its negotiators are being inflexible — or even obstinate — when it comes to discussing the controversial U.S. proposals to raise continental content on automobiles, scrap the dispute resolution mechanism, and institute a five-year sunset clause.
All four tenets of Canada's progressive agenda — gender, labour, environment and Indigenous issues — are on the agenda for talks this week, officials said.