US and Mexico Postpone NAFTA Talks Until Aug. 22

The flags of Canada, Mexico and the U.S. are seen on a lectern before a joint news conference on the closing of the seventh round of NAFTA talks in Mexico City, Mexico, March 5, 2018. Edgard Garrido/Reuters

U.S. and Mexican officials put off until Aug. 22 talks aiming for a breakthrough in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), although one member of the incoming Mexican government met U.S. officials on Aug. 21.

Ministerial talks had been expected on Aug. 21, but Mexico’s top trade official, Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo, would not meet with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington until Aug. 22, the Mexican ministry said.