	canada s mulroney says u s  deal nears prime minister brian mulroney said significant progress was being made in  talks with the united states and a profile of a major deal was emerging opening a debate on free  in the house of commons mulroney said an accord would create thousands of jobs in canada and bring greater economic prosperity to both countries mulroney who offered few new details of the talks said that while the negotiations were risky and difficult a profile of a major  deal is now emerging in a minute address mulroney made an often passionate defense of the initiative that he said would give poorer areas of the country a major economic boost because of our trading patterns over a period of decades we are in the process of building two canadas one that is rich and promising one that is under developed and under employed said mulroney what we want is to make sure newfoundlanders and british columbians and albertans and others that they get their chance they must be given the opportunity to  their way to prosperity few detials have been released on the  talks which were launched nearly two years ago between the two nations that are each others most important trading partners recent published reports in canada quoting senior  sources said the countries were close to reaching a  deal and it will involve eliminating border trariffs and many non tariff barriers over the next to years it has been reported a key stumbling block in the talks is a canadian proposal to find a new way to settle  disputes something that would give canada protection from washington s tough  remedy laws but mulroney sharply critical of protectionist sentiment in the u s said canada was a fair r and denied the government was pursuing the deal to win unfair access to the american market he said a  deal must bring benefits to both sides we recognize a good deal must be a fair deal one that is fair to both sides mulroney said reuter 
