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USTR enters first NAFTA round expecting to table texts in 'lots of areas'

August 17, 2017 at 6:11 PM
U.S. negotiators entered this week's inaugural NAFTA renegotiation round expecting to table negotiating texts across a broad range of issues, including a push for rules on currency manipulation, a USTR official said just prior to the start of the talks. During a background press call on Aug. 15, 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...


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