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. Dias calls the higher southern salaries a win-win: Mexican workers would benefit, and Canadian and American workers might save some future jobs as more plants remain in the wealthier countries. A former senior U.S. trade official says he completely expected early aggressiveness from his own country.

Source: CBC News September 04, 2017 12:19 UTC