- Title: Mexico names chief negotiator for NAFTA talks, set to host second round
- Date: 2nd August 2017
- Summary: MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO (FILE) (REUTERS) TRUCK DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY VARIOUS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES IN MEXICO VARIOUS OF WORKMEN MAKING CARS TRUCK DRIVING DOWN ROAD U.S., MEXICO AND CANADIAN FLAGS
- Embargoed: 16th August 2017 21:44
- Keywords: NAFTA negotiating team
- Location: MEXICO CITY AND MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO
- City: MEXICO CITY AND MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Government/Politics,International Trade
- Reuters ID: LVA0026SGT8HV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Mexico will host the second round of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) around September 10, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo told reporters on Wednesday (August 2) as he introduced the team that will represent Mexico with the United States and Canada.
Kenneth Smith, a veteran Mexican trade policy expert who currently serves as director of the NAFTA Office at the Mexican embassy in Washington, will be Mexico's chief negotiator for the high-stakes talks set to begin next month.
The first round of trade talks between the United States, Mexico and Canada on NAFTA, will begin on August 16 in Washington.
The 23-year-old free trade pact has helped quadruple trade to over $1 trillion between the three countries in 2015. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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