Next Round of Nafta Talks to Move Up a Day, Sources Say

Talks said to be planned for Mexico City’s Camino Real hotel
Eighth round said expected in Washington at undetermined date

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By Eric Martin

February 14, 2018 at 11:46 PM UTC

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The upcoming round of talks to renegotiate Nafta will start one day earlier than previously announced in order to accommodate ministers’ schedules, according to two people familiar with the plans.

The meetings will now begin Sunday, Feb. 25 rather than Feb. 26 as originally announced and will run through March 5, according to the people, who asked not to be named speaking before the public announcement. The talks will be held at the Camino Real hotel on the edge of Mexico City’s tony Polanco district, the people said, the same place where the fifth round was held in November.