Latin American Economy & Business - June 2018 (ISSN 1741-7430)

The unilateral US decision on 31 May to impose steel and aluminium tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and the European Union (EU) appears to have delivered a major blow to attempts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). It is now almost certain that there will be no Nafta deal before the Mexican presidential elections on 1 July.