Nov 20 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
** Negotiators are making progress on less contentious portions of the North American free-trade agreement - such as slashing red tape for exporters and standardizing food-safety regulations between Mexico, Canada and U.S. - while punting the more difficult ones to future rounds of talks.
** U.S. investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) JPM.N has emerged as the biggest buyer of second-hand cargo freighters this year, after it bought 12 ships for $250-million (U.S.) according to VesselsValue Ltd.
** Canadian leisure-travel provider Transat AT Inc 's TRZ.TO Chief Executive Jean-Marc Eustache says he plans to step down and hand the chief executive job to current operations boss Annick Guérard.
NATIONAL POST
** Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce he is heading to Beijing early next month to launch free trade talks with China.