U.S. President Donald Trump passes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a working lunch for world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25, 2018. Carlos Barria / Reuters
CNBC: Trump claims he rejected a meeting with Trudeau over NAFTA — but Canada says it never asked to meet
* President Donald Trump says he declined a one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the United Nations General Assembly.
* Canada's government says it never requested a meeting.
* The neighbors are struggling to reach terms on a revised North American trade deal.
* The U.S. is preparing to move forward on a trade agreement with only Mexico.
President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he rejected a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week as the countries struggle to reach a new trade deal.
However, "no meeting was requested" by the Canadian government, Trudeau spokeswoman Eleanore Catenaro said. It underscores the simmering trade tensions between the neighbors and rocky personal relationship between their leaders.
The Trump administration is scrambling to meet a self-imposed Oct. 1 deadline to strike a new North American trade agreement among the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Mexico has already signed on to a deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Update: Trump slams Canada over NAFTA, says rejected Trudeau meeting (Reuters)
WNU Editor: The Prime Minister's office is saying that they never asked to meet President Trump .... which contradicts what the Canadian press was saying a few days ago that Prime Minister Trudeau was hoping to meet President Trump on the sidelines to discuss NAFTA. So who is right?
