Wire reporting: (AP, via Anchorage Daily News)

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said over the weekend that Washington and Ottawa have the outline of a possible trade deal, with officials set to keep talking in the coming weeks after negotiations collapsed in August^2,4,5,9.

Carney wrote on social media Sunday that he had a conversation with Trump that built on talks about a mutually beneficial agreement^4,5,6. Global News quoted him saying, "Our teams will now be working in the coming weeks to deliver that outcome"⁴.

After landing in Dubuque, Iowa, for a campaign stop, Trump told reporters the two sides had "the concept of a very good deal with Canada"¹⁰. CNA reported he also said the concept would be good for U.S. farmers and the country and "fine for Canada," and that it would include construction of the Keystone XL pipeline⁹.

KCCI reported Trump said U.S. farmers paying high tariffs to send products to Canada would pay none under an agreement, citing dairy as an example¹⁰. The station noted Canada's counter-tariff list, effective Sept. 8, includes some U.S. dairy products and agricultural equipment and that Ottawa says the measures cover $27.6 billion in U.S. imports, while some high dairy rates apply only above quota¹⁰.

Talks broke down in August after Canada rejected last-minute U.S. requests that Carney said involved limits on other trade deals, French-language rules and the auto industry^4,6. Trump then imposed 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods; Al Jazeera put the U.S. levy at about $20 billion of Canadian goods, and Canada answered with matching duties on U.S. products including steel, dairy, appliances, farm equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics^4,5.

CityNews Toronto reported Trump later lifted some of those 50 percent tariffs while adding tariffs on other products, including Canadian garbage and sewage⁶. CNA similarly said some levies were lifted ahead of the U.S. midterm elections⁹.

Carney had told reporters as recently as Wednesday that Canada was not yet in a position to close a deal before Tuesday's U.S. elections⁴. Outlets said the dispute has been an issue in some races, including in Michigan and Maine^5,6,7.

No text of an agreement has been released, and Reuters articles dated Nov. 1 and Nov. 3 could not be read in full for this filing^1,3.