NAFTA: US Wants a Deal Within Weeks, but Is It Possible?

NAFTA: US Wants a Deal Within Weeks, but Is It Possible?
(L-R) Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer at a press conference regarding the seventh round of NAFTA renegotiations in Mexico City on March 5, 2018. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte
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The United States is suddenly proposing a sprint to the finish toward a new NAFTA deal within about four to six weeks—a rapid pace that aims to soar past political obstacles and procedural hurdles.

Is it doable?