Northern Border Lawmakers Seek NAFTA Slowdown
Lawmakers from states along the Northern Border expressed concern in a Sept. 26 letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer over comments "suggesting that your statutory obligations require an agreement to be signed imminently." There is "no such deadline" and…
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"the timeline should not dictate the substance in such a vital negotiation," said Reps. Susan DelBene, D-Wash., Ron Kind, D-Wis., and Brian Higgins, D-N.Y. "We urge you to take all the time the Administration needs to get the NAFTA negotiation right with both Canada and Mexico rather than rush to meet artificially imposed deadlines at the expense of a good outcome," they said. It's also important that NAFTA talks result in "measurable and significant gains for U.S. dairy exports to Canada," the lawmakers said.