Sources: NAFTA negotiators unlikely to close out chapters at intersessional

The U.S., Canada and Mexico are unlikely to close out any new NAFTA chapters during this week’s intersessional meeting even though some are ripe for it, sources told Inside U.S. Trade , saying that negotiators instead are trying to gain clarity on individual positions and teeing up a more dynamic round slated for next month in Montreal. Private-sector sources said that while progress was made on a number of issues during the mini-round, conducted without trade ministers, no true breakthroughs...