By Katie Hettinga
U.S. officials met with their Mexican counterparts this week, formally kicking off U.S.-Mexico talks for the mandatory six-year review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Trump’s first-term NAFTA replacement. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer issued a statement describing the talks as including “economic security, rules of origin, and complementary trade actions.” The USTR has described bilateral U.S. processes with Mexico and Canada as a first step toward trilateral talks, and Greer said Canada is “behind” on bilateral talks compared with Mexico.
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