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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Mar 5, 2018, 10:49 PM Mar 2018

NAFTA talks not living up to expectations: US negotiator

Source: Agence France-Presse




AFP News5 March 2018

Negotiators failed to make the progress expected in the latest round of talks on revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement, the top US trade official warned Monday as President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the deal.

"In spite of (our) hard work, we have not made the progress that many had hoped in this round. We have closed out only three additional chapters," said Robert Lighthizer, the chief US negotiator, as the seventh round of NAFTA talks wrapped up in Mexico City.

"To complete NAFTA 2.0, we will need agreement on roughly 30 chapters. So far, after seven months, we have completed just six," he told reporters.

The warning came after Trump vowed Canada and Mexico would also be affected by his plans to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum unless he gets a "fair" deal to overhaul NAFTA.

Read more: https://ph.news.yahoo.com/nafta-talks-not-living-expectations-us-negotiator-225724197.html

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NAFTA talks not living up to expectations: US negotiator (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2018 OP
Negotiating:Trump skill not deal-making w powerful counterparts. It's duping gullible victims - Frum Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #1
How do you Old Crank Mar 2018 #2
Russia wants to destroy every alliance the US has. Trump is his tool. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2018 #3

Old Crank

(3,372 posts)
2. How do you
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 05:03 AM
Mar 2018

Make progress when you are negotiating for a bomb throwing fool? The lead negotiator has to have the president behind him not fouling the nest. Who is going to trust that he says?

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