President Donald Trump’s NAFTA negotiator said that the U.S., Canada and Mexico are "nowhere near close to a deal" to update the 24-year-old free-trade agreement as U.S. lawmakers warn that time is almost up to reach an agreement that can pass the current Congress. "There are gaping differences on intellectual property, agricultural market access, de minimis levels, energy, labor, rules of origin, geographical indications, and much more," U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Thursday in a statement e-mailed by his press office. "We of course will continue to engage in negotiations, and I look ... (full story)