NAFTA talks are resuming at the decision-maker level sooner than expected, with Canada's foreign affairs minister set to return to Washington on Tuesday. NAFTA decision makers stepped away from the talks on Friday, while lower-level technical negotiators from Canada and the United States continued to meet through the weekend. The Canadians are demanding that the dispute resolution mechanism Chapter 19, or a version of it, be kept in NAFTA. "We need to keep the Chapter 19 dispute resolution because that ensures that the rules are actually followed. Sources say the U.S. has not confirmed whether it is willing to keep the carve-outs used to protect Canadian cultural industries.

Source: CBC News September 10, 2018 20:03 UTC