Nafta Nations Won’t Wrap Up Talks Before U.S. Trip to China
- Ministers to meet again May 7, after tariff exemption expires
- Countries cite progress on auto rules and other key issues
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A push for a tentative Nafta deal in coming days has come up short despite progress on key issues, with ministers not meeting again until after a U.S. trade trip to China.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer met again Friday in Washington with Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo. After the meeting, Guajardo and Freeland stressed gains had been made and that more parts of a revised North American Free Trade Agreement are now almost done.