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(L-R) Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal during a news conference in Washington on Oct. 17, 2017. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
WASHINGTON— The tensions at the NAFTA negotiating table have exploded into public view.
The latest round revealed enormous chasms in negotiating positions on everything from dairy, autos, and Buy American rules to even the basic architecture of an agreement—and it was reflected in an awkward joint news conference Oct. 17.
