Guajardo claims progress in NAFTA talks after meeting with Lighthizer

The U.S. and Mexico have made “very good advancement” on a modernized North American Free Trade Agreement this week, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Thursday, adding that roughly 20 “items” had been “worked through.” He named one of those items as the environment, saying the two sides were “very much aligned in this chapter.” “But there [are] a lot of things,” Guajardo told reporters on Thursday outside of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. “At least 20...