A man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index and other country's index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. Asian shares were mostly lower Monday amid worries about escalating trade friction between the U.S. and Canada, who have been unable to agree to a revamped trade deal but will continue negotiating this week. Eugene Hoshiko AP Photo
The US Canada and Japan are close to concluding a trade deal.
There is no real way to tell if the parties will conclude the treaty in a matter of days or a matter of weeks. 
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