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.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(48,773 posts)Old Crank
(3,372 posts)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?