Ahead of NAFTA’s next negotiating moment, complicating factors abound

Five months into talks to redo NAFTA it’s obvious that the most substantive points of contention (auto rules of origin, dispute settlement, among them) remain – but there are a host of surrounding issues that could well be complicating the search for solutions. National elections in Mexico and the U.S. are key factors for the negotiatiors as they look to update the 24-year-old agreement. And Canada may have added a potential layer of complication with a broadside attack on U.S...