New business coalition makes late-stage play in NAFTA talks to keep trade free

The formation of the Coalition to Keep Trade Free comes as Canada is facing an Oct. 1 deadline to sign onto the agreement struck between Mexico and the U.S.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, right, with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, left, are working to get past the stalemate in NAFTA renegotiations so that Canada can sign onto the agreement in principle Washington has struck with Mexico. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

September 19, 2018

With Canada and the United States in the late stages of NAFTA trade talks, a new coalition of entrenched business interests is lobbying to preserve the trilateral agreement. In an effort to demonstrate the business community's alignment on NAFTA, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce has been stringing ...

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