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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) – Free trade agreement talks scheduled for this week between Central America and Canada have been suspended, a Honduran business leader said Sunday.

No date was set to restart the talks, according to Benjamin Bogran, executive director of Honduras’ Private Business Council.

The negotiations were suspended because changes covering textiles and sugar were left off the negotiating table, he said.

“Canada’s position is inflexible,” Bogran told a news conference. “That’s why Central America cannot do much about this.”

Canadian trade officials could not immediately be reached on Sunday.

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