USTR seeks NAFTA state-owned enterprise provisions that go beyond TPP's

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is aiming for NAFTA disciplines on state-owned enterprises with broader coverage than what negotiators agreed to in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, though Mexico and Canada have been pushing back against that approach, multiple sources have told Inside U.S. Trade. USTR wants the NAFTA SOE disciplines to cover entities in which a government owns a controlling interest but less than a majority of shares, sources said. A private-sector source familiar with the negotiations...