Lighthizer uncertain about NAFTA’s conclusion; says WTO can’t handle China

The breakneck pace of North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations does not guarantee a conclusion by year’s end, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Monday during a speech that covered a range of topics -- including China’s trade and economic policies, which he claimed the World Trade Organization is unable to manage. “We’re moving at warp speed but we don’t know whether we’re going to get to a conclusion; that’s the problem. We’re running very quickly somewhere,” Lighthizer said of...