Nafta Has ‘Absolute Support’ of Mexican Presidential Front-Runner
- Candidate’s pick for finance minister vows no primary deficit
- Urzua says would respect legally obtained oil contracts
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate of the National Regeneration Movement Party (MORENA), speaks during a campaign rally in Tijuana, Mexico, on April 15.
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Mexico’s leading presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledges “absolute support” for the North American Free Trade Agreement, his pick for finance minister said, as negotiators edge closer to a deal to renew it.
The candidate would also respect the Trans-Pacific Partnership, said Carlos Urzua, picked by Lopez Obrador to be his finance minister if he wins the July 1 election. While the frontrunner in polls has said he’d prefer to redo Nafta himself, Urzua acknowledged the benefits of a rapid conclusion to talks.