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(Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is growing confident that a trade deal with Canada is moving close, and that a trilateral Nafta agreement will be published before the midnight deadline Sunday, five people familiar with the matter said.

The two sides are discussing the last sticking points, including greater market access for U.S. supplies into Canada’s dairy market, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the discussion are private.

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Canada’s ambassador to Washington, David MacNaughton, echoed the sentiment early Sunday evening, saying talks are moving forward but not yet completed. “Lots of progress but we’re not there yet,” MacNaughton told reporters in Ottawa, where the Canadian team is gathered. He said he didn’t know if a deal would be reached Sunday.

U.S. and Canadian negotiators have been negotiating around the clock this weekend to make a deadline that would allow the countries to sign the deal as the final act before Mexico’s outgoing President Enrique Pena Nieto leaves office at the end of November.