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(Bloomberg) — Canada and the U.S. are engaged in last-minute negotiations to update Nafta by Sunday’s deadline, though sticking points remain that could leave Ottawa out of the trade bloc.

Talks continued Sunday morning amid renewed urgency to nail down the text of a new agreement by midnight, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said. The U.S. and Mexico made an agreement in August, putting pressure on Canada to reach a deal as well.

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“Everybody’s negotiating in good faith right now as we speak,” Navarro said on Fox News just before 11 a.m. New York time. “It’s either going to be the text goes in with Mexico and the U.S., or the text goes in with all three countries.”

The U.S. and Mexico held off on a plan to publish the full text of their deal on Friday as American and Canadian negotiators rushed to narrow differences.

“There are several sticking points,” Navarro said, adding that he’d recently spoken to the negotiating team that’s led by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.