Texting, sit-downs, and lots of waiting in hotel rooms: the ins and outs of NAFTA lobbying

Many industry reps meet personally with NAFTA chief negotiator Steve Verheul, but most briefings take place with industry-specific Canadian officials.

Canada's NAFTA chief negotiator Steve Verheul, pictured left at a December House Trade Committee meeting with parliamentary secretary Andrew Leslie, right, spends time meeting with and briefing specific industry groups during the talks, whose seventh round starts this week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

February 21, 2018

Dozens of industry groups are dispatching executives to every round of the NAFTA renegotiation, and using texts, emails, and phone calls to try to talk to Canada's negotiating leads about what is being discussed with representatives of Mexico and the United States. Lobbyists describe a scene with p...

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