The
sixth round of NAFTA 2.0 talks will kick off January 23 in Montreal without the
top negotiators from all three countries. But they will meet in Davos,
Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum.
U.S.
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso
Guajardo and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland are scheduled to be at
the Davos event which starts January 23, with a statement from Alex Lawrence, a
spokesman for Freeland, saying she expected to raise the NAFTA situation
informally on the sidelines of the Davos meeting. However, all three officials
will be in Montreal for a trilateral meeting January 28, according to Lawrence.