USTR updates NAFTA objectives, Wyden lifts hold on nominees

MEXICO CITY -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Friday updated the summary of its NAFTA negotiating objectives, clearing the way for two deputy USTR nominees to move through the confirmation process after Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-OR) put a hold on them. Wyden last week faulted the administration for failing to update the objectives since the initial summary was published in July, telling Inside U.S. Trade that USTR was breaking the law. A Wyden...