US Vice President Pence says NAFTA deal possible in several weeks

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday he was leaving a summit of Latin American countries in Peru very hopeful that the United States, Mexico and Canada were close to a deal on a renegotiated NAFTA trade pact.

Pence told reporters its was possible that a deal would be reached in the next several weeks.

The vice president also said that the topic of funding for U.S. President Donald Trump`s proposed wall on the U.S. border with Mexico did not come up in Pence`s meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.