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Trade Pact With Canada Stalls

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United Press International

A Senate committee, divided and on the verge of delivering an embarrassing defeat to the Administration, today temporarily postponed action on President Reagan’s plan to negotiate a free trade pact with Canada.

Senate Finance Committee members generally agreed that reducing tariffs and eliminating trade barriers with Canada would be a good idea. But the 20-member panel appeared equally divided over whether to grant Reagan’s request for “fast track” approval of negotiations to achieve those goals.

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