Canada might ratify its new North American trade deal with the United States and Mexico even if the U.S. doesn't drop its tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.

In an interview with CNN, portions of which are airing Tuesday as U.S. voters cast ballots in pivotal midterm elections, Trudeau said Canada still wants the tariffs lifted before the new version of NAFTA goes into effect.

"The tariffs on steel and aluminum are a continued frustration," Trudeau told interviewer Poppy Harlow, who sat down with the prime minister Monday at the Fortune Most Powerful Women conference in Montreal.

"We would much rather have genuine free trade with the United States so we're going to continue to work as soon as we can to lift those tariffs, but we're not at the point of saying that we wouldn't sign if it wasn't lifted, although we're trying to make that case."...

This was excerpted from the 6 November 2018 edition of CBC News.