washington u.s. president donald trump say wednesday open bilateral trade pacts either canada mexico three-way deal reach substantially revise north american free trade agreement ask reporter could envision maintain free trade canada nafta talk sour mexico trump say oh sure absolutely possible able reach deal one meantime make deal one trump add creative deal still possible benefit three countries trump comment come white house meet canadian prime minister justin trudeau washington promote nafta benefit new round renegotiations begin near washington ask trump comment news conference late trudeau say still optimistic chance modernize 1994 trade pact continue believe nafta ... say ready anything continue work diligently protect canadian interest trudeau say trudeau add canada much aware brace trump unpredictability government would work thoughtful meaningful way towards get good deal mexican economy minister ildefonso guajardo speak mexican radio praise trump comment balance include possibility deal either country hold hope creative solution u.s. chamber commerce tuesday accuse trump administration try sabotage talk poison pill proposals include demand favorable treatment u.s. side car production sunset clause force regular negotiations appearance trudeau trump say see happen ask whether nafta doom possible able make deal possible say see kind change need protect workers fairness prime minister want protect canada people also u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross one trump top trade advisers downplay chance nafta termination would become necessary hope desire believe least conceptual possibility go forward ross say u.s. mexican corporate chief executives gather mexico city say would good nafta saddle bad agreement trade experts say nafta talk likely stall face aggressive u.s. attempt sharply increase content requirements autos auto part people brief u.s. proposals present week say washington seek sharply lift north american content threshold car manufacture proposals call north american content overall rise 85 percent current 62.5 percent addition unite state want add new 50 percent u.s.-specific content requirement something early agreements meet widespread opposition canada mexico think bridge far say wendy cutler asia society washington policy director former chief u.s. negotiator trans-pacific partnership trade deal cancel trump u.s. side see strengthen rule origin auto industry way bring back auto part production include electronics asia mexico strongly oppose u.s.-specific content requirement would limit growth car industry difficult issue rule origin address mostly end current talk accord schedule obtain reuters negotiations extend wednesday two days oct 17. u.s. proposals oppose canada mexico u.s. business interest include five-year sunset provision radical change nafta dispute arbitration systems change intellectual property provision new protections u.s. seasonal produce growers u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer say wednesday three nations complete negotiations company competition policy reach agreement go beyond previous u.s. trade deal ensure certain right transparency nation competition laws trump say open bilateral canada mexico pacts nafta talk fail