Third round of NAFTA talks ends with one completed chapter, consolidated text in most areas

OTTAWA -- U.S., Canadian and Mexican negotiators have completed one chapter – on small and medium-sized enterprises – and made “significant progress” in key areas like competition, digital trade and telecommunications, trade ministers said at the conclusion of the third round of North American Free Trade Agreement talks. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Mexican Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo announced the completion of the SME chapter as well as “significant progress in...