Wednesday 28 March 2018

A NAFTA 2.0 Breakthrough? Don't bet on it yet....

The Sounds of Compromise?

There were some small glimmers of hope floated last week (March 19-23) that the NAFTA 2.0 talks were moving in a constructive direction. The source of that hope was testimony by USTR Robert Lighthizer before the House Ways and Means Committee on March 21 and Senate Finance on March 22. Specifically, Ambassador Lighthizer suggested there had be a convergence of positions on some of the most pernicious issues in the talks, notably on America's nonsensical position on rules of origin.

Redefining the Floor....Down

I was scrolling through some YouTube clips the other day and came across the great Seinfeld episode in which Frank Costanza invites Seinfeld...