Economy
August 16, 2017
U.S. Sets Stern Tone for NAFTA Talks
Written by Tim Triplett
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer offered a stern assessment of the United States’ goals for an updated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico as talks began Wednesday to renegotiate NAFTA.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal joined Lighthizer in Washington for negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement that could extend into next year. In contrast to Lighthizer, Freeland and Villarreal pointed to the mutual benefits of NAFTA over the years and emphasized the need for cooperation in modernizing the 23-year-old trade pact.
