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GOP lawmakers: Lighthizer still insisting on a NAFTA sunset provision

By Isabelle Icso  / June 28, 2018 at 11:10 AM
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told first-term Republican House members on Wednesday that he did not plan to drop a U.S. demand for a NAFTA sunset provision, despite concerns raised by many lawmakers. Lighthizer met with the GOP lawmakers to discuss the status of NAFTA, a meeting originally slated for April that was rescheduled amid high-level talks with Canada and Mexico and preparations for discussions in Beijing. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) told Inside U.S. Trade after the meeting that Lighthizer...

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