US: Key roadblock removed from NAFTA - TDS

Analysts at TDS note that the Trump administration is said (Globe and Mail) to drop a contentious demand that all vehicles made in Canada and Mexico for export to the US contain at least 50% US content, removing a key roadblock to a deal for a new NAFTA.

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“Canada's ambassador to Washington, David MacNaugton, said Tuesday that meetings over the last two weeks "have been more positive than I've seen them before".”