MEXICO CITY—Negotiators have run into a series of early sticking points on nearly every major element considered key to achieving a new NAFTA agreement, The Canadian Press has learned. It’s a priority not just for the Canadians, but also for businesses that struggle to send staff across the border. But the history of international trade negotiations suggests not reading too much into early intransigence. “When Donald Trump talks about walking away from NAFTA, nobody gets diarrhea,” Dias told a crush of international reporters staked out in that hotel lobby. A former senior U.S. trade official says he completely expected early aggressiveness from his own country.

Source: thestar September 04, 2017 13:07 UTC