Trump Administration: Dispute Mechanism and Auto Parts

trump administration: But the Trump administration has political reasons to hurry, according to National Observer. There are just weeks left to meet the legislative deadlines for ratifying a deal in the U.S. Congress this year. Those teams kept talking while their political masters leading the process left Washington on Friday, with plans to reconvene there early next week. ; Sources familiar with the talks say the sides are finalizing rules on auto parts; are still far apart over dairy, public procurement, and pharmaceuticals; and are likely inching toward a deal that will pare down the controversial dispute mechanism under NAFTA's Chapter 11 that lets companies sue governments.''You can call this a perpetual negotiating round,'' Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said, before departing for the weekend.''We have had some very energetic and productive conversations.''She and her Mexican colleague are both rejecting the idea of deadline pressure, insisting there is no requirement to get everything done by some specific date ''It will take as long as it takes to get a great win-win deal,'' Freeland said. The administration is keen to have the agreement voted on during the current, friendlier, Republican-led Congress, as polls show a potential transfer in power after the November midterms. That carrot-and-stick tactic would be extremely high-risk, said Phil Levy, a former trade economist for George W. Bush and a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The White House has been weighing different hardball tactics to force Congress to move quickly on ratification and one involves a dramatic threat to cancel the existing NAFTA if lawmakers don't approve the new one. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.