Jesus Seade: US trade ties are "super important" - Reuters

As reported by Reuters, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is a leftist who is leading most of the election polls in Mexico, and his pick to head up the Mexico side of NAFTA renegotiations, Jesus Seade, is stressing the importance of maintaining positive trade relations with the US.

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Lopez Obrador has been critical of NAFTA in the past, but now he states that he wants to preserve the trade agreement, and his pick to represent Mexico in future NAFTA talks is Jesus Seade, who worked as Mexico's trade ambassador in negeotiations to form the WTO. Seade is stressing the importance of maintaining the 25-years-running NAFTA pact, which must be due for an overall, and that the Mexico-US trade relationship is critically important. Seade also admits that he has not yet begun work on Mexico NAFTA talks.