Trade ministers announce they will not travel to Mexico for fifth round of NAFTA talks
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and his NAFTA counterparts will not travel to Mexico City this week for the fifth round of talks between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, the parties announced on Wednesday. Noting that they had met last week on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meetings in Danang, Vietnam, the trade ministers said in a joint statement they would leave the next round of talks to their chief negotiators. The statement says the ministers,...