WASHINGTON — The NAFTA countries haven’t broken up. NAFTA talks will be extended into 2018, and the next negotiating round is being pushed back three weeks in a tacit admission that negotiators aren’t going to meet their original deadline for a deal by year-end. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said other countries are struggling to accept the reality that the U.S. wants to rebalance its trade agreements. “We have seen proposals that would turn back the clock on 23 years of predictability, openness and collaboration under NAFTA. He urged countries to pursue a “win, win, win” — not a “lose, lose, lose.”“We must understand that we all have limits,” Guajardo said.

Source: National Post October 17, 2017 19:20 UTC