We are pleased to present NAFTA NEWS, a periodic newsletter offering information and insight as the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement takes shape in 2017.

Through Manatt’s and Monarch’s offices in Washington, D.C. and Mexico City, and Tactix’ head office in Ottawa, the firms are collaborating to provide their respective clients with the critical data and experienced judgment global companies and North American industry associations need to help navigate the NAFTA process. Each edition of NAFTA NEWS provides our readers with need-to-know information and political insights from the three NAFTA national capital cities.

For this edition of NAFTA NEWS, we posed the following questions regarding the ongoing renegotiation of NAFTA to our partners in Ottawa, Mexico City, and Washington:

1. How important, and realistic, is the goal to conclude the NAFTA negotiations by, at the latest, the end of February 2018?

2. What constitutes a “fair trade agreement” from the perspective of the three NAFTA countries?

3. How would each country define success for Round 3 in Ottawa?

4. What are country objectives in two key sectors?

Full newsletter: NAFTA News – Volume 4