Sources: Lighthizer pushed NAFTA counterparts for agreement in principle by March 31

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has told Canada and Mexico’s NAFTA leads in private meetings that he wants to announce an agreement in principle by March 31 and that a legal scrub should be completed by May 1 -- the day the countries’ temporary exclusions for steel and aluminum tariffs expire, sources tell Inside U.S. Trade . While Canada’s team was enthusiastic about getting talks wrapped up quickly and all three countries recognized the need to work toward a conclusion...