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BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Donald Trump said Friday that a trade deal with Mexico is “coming along nicely.” But he threatened Canada with auto tariffs if the U.S. and Canada can’t forge a deal.

Trump appeared to be referring to efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada in his tweet from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

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He said any deal with Mexico must take care of American autoworkers and farmers, but he praised the new president of Mexico, calling him “an absolute gentleman.”