Negotiators from the U.S., Canada and Mexico are scrambling to reach a Nafta deal by July, but two proposals involving autos are complicating the talks. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains. Efforts to secure a comprehensive deal this week to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement are facing significant hurdles, although Mexico, Canada and the U.S. continue to inch ahead on new trade rules for auto manufacturing, according to people close to the talks. While Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo returned home from Washington after ministerial meetings that concluded last week, negotiating teams remain in the U.S. focusing on Nafta’s auto chapter.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 14, 2018 23:15 UTC