Mexican energy proposal a late irritant in bilateral NAFTA talks

A proposal crafted to give the incoming Mexican government more flexibility in managing Mexico’s energy resources has emerged as a late irritant in NAFTA talks with the U.S., which is advocating that energy issues be addressed in the deal's other chapters, sources told Inside U.S. Trade. Members of the Mexican negotiating team last week introduced a proposal that would allow Andrés Manuel López Obrador's government to “manage the ongoing privatization of Mexico’s energy resources,” a trade lawyer said, calling...