From NAFTA to USMCA: Inside the tense negotiations that saved North American trade

“And there, in Mr. Lighthizer’s e-mail, was what Canada had demanded all along: The United States would leave the Chapter 19 dispute resolution system completely untouched. Ms. Freeland threw up her hands and cheered. ‘Woo hoo!’ This was the crucial moment – described to The Globe and Mail by four sources – of the 72-hour marathon of negotiations last weekend that sealed it. Before Sunday was out, the two sides had announced a tentative deal on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, as the United States insisted NAFTA be renamed.”

Adrian Morrow, Barrie McKenna, Stephanie Nolen – The Globe and Mail – October 2018

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