Industry, labor groups begin to lay out priorities for NAFTA renegotiation

Business and industry groups -- urging the administration to “do no harm” in its attempts to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement -- are also laying out initial wish lists for what an updated agreement should contain in response to the administration's notice of its intent to retool the deal this week. Agriculture groups are emphasizing that an updated NAFTA should in no way diminish the preferential treatment bestowed to producers in North America while recommending specific provisions that...