NAFTA rule-of-origin talks postponed after Lighthizer calls for autos meeting in DC

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Sunday summoned the agency’s chief rules-of-origin negotiator back from the seventh round of NAFTA talks so he can participate in rare meetings with U.S. auto representatives in Washington called for by the USTR, sources told Inside U.S. Trade. Rules of origin were on the agenda for three days of the talks -- Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, according to a schedule for the round obtained by Inside U.S. Trade -- but USTR’s rules-of-origin...