Weekly Report - 6 March 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)

MEXICO | Nafta renegotiation. On 27 February the trade minister, Eduardo Sojo, dismissed the notion that the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) would be renegotiated. Sojo was relying on assurances from the US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutiérrez, who was in Mexico for a Security and Prosperity of North America (SSP) summit. Sojo is ignoring the strong anti-Nafta rhetoric of the most recent TV debate in the US primaries, on 26 February, which involved the two leading contenders for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.