The three sides also have major differences on government procurement and a desire by the Trump administration to insert language in NAFTA that would allow the United States to review NAFTA's performance and redress trade imbalances. There was also little if any progress in Montreal on rewriting NAFTA's labor chapter. More than 180 House Democrats sent a letter to Lighthizer last week calling on changes to address low wages and unionizing rights in Mexico that many believe are at the heart of outsourcing of U.S. jobs.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 29, 2018 22:52 UTC