USTR expects to table texts in 'lots of areas' at NAFTA round; will push for currency provisions

U.S. negotiators are expecting to table negotiating texts across a broad range of issues at this week's inaugural NAFTA renegotiation round, including a push for rules on currency manipulation, according to a USTR official. During a background press call on Tuesday, a USTR official said the familiarity the U.S. has with Canada and Mexico will allow it to table text at the first negotiating round, but declined to specify what texts would be proposed or exchanged. “We are actually going...