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Guajardo names head of NAFTA office Mexico’s chief negotiator for modernization talks

July 31, 2017 at 5:21 PM
Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal has named Ken Smith Ramos the country’s chief negotiator for the North American Free Trade Agreement modernization talks, which are slated to begin in Washington on Aug. 16. Smith is the head of the Trade and NAFTA Office of the Ministry of the Economy of Mexico, in Washington, DC. Canada’s chief negotiator -- reportedly Steve Verheul, who performed a similar role in successful Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement talks with the European Union --...

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