Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, US Vice President Mike Pence and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met in Lima, Peru, on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas.
After the meeting, Nieto said there were agreement to “accelerate” the efforts on NAFTA renegotiation. And he added “we hope in the coming weeks we can reach an agreement”.
Trudeau also said “we’d like to see a re-negotiated deal land sooner than later.” And, “we have a certain amount of pressure to try to move forward successfully in the coming weeks.”
Pence also said he left the summit “very hopeful that we are very close to a renegotiated NAFTA”, and “there is a real possibility that we could arrive at an agreement within the next several weeks.”
It’s believed that all parties would like to complete the deal by Mexican elections on July 1.
