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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that North America is not going back to the free-trade regime that existed for decades and dismissed the possibility of a trade deal that removes U.S. tariffs on Canadian automobiles, according to sources who heard Lutnick address a Toronto audience today.

Lutnick was speaking virtually at the BMO Eurasia U.S.-Canada Summit the day after U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney met for the second time in Washington to discuss trade.

Mark Rendell reports that, according to the sources, Lutnick said that the U.S. is determined to dominate auto manufacturing and that his country no longer wants vehicles that are assembled in Canada, but would continue to

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