Lawmakers divided on whether Ross, Navarro could – or should – trigger NAFTA talks

While members of the Senate Finance and the House Ways & Means committees are eager to move forward with the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, they emphasized this week that recent meetings with White House National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro did not shed enough light on the administration's negotiating objectives -- which must be outlined before a 90-day congressional consultation process can begin. The president is required to outline objectives for NAFTA renegotiations when he triggers...