Canada’s minister for trade Dominic LeBlanc believes Canada still has leverage in talks with the U.S. and remains optimistic a deal can be reached.

Canada’s minister for trade with the United States says he’s still hoping to make progress on reducing or eliminating U.S. tariffs on sectors such as steel and aluminum before a formal review of the North American trade pact commences.

Dominic LeBlanc told the Senate foreign affairs committee Thursday he believes Canada still has leverage in talks with the U.S. and remains optimistic a deal can be reached to resolve or reduce trade irritants, but he cautioned not everything will be solved.

“Some challenges will remain for some time,” Mr. LeBlanc told the committee.

He was asked what power or influence Canada has in talks with the U.S. now t

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