Official: Mexico open to new NAFTA talks By David Greising Chicago Tribune correspondent August 2, 2008 The Mexican government dismisses talk of disbanding NAFTA as politics, the country's economy minister said Friday, but it would back the idea of a new round of North American trade talks, with the aim of including issues such as the environment and labor. Eduardo Sojo, in Chicago this week to address the U.S.-Mexican Chamber of Commerce, was responding to criticism of the 15-year-old trade accord that resurfaced during the Democratic presidential primaries this year. "What we do believe that we need in the region, in North America, is more integration, not less integration," Sojo said in an interview with the Tribune. TOPICS: Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Aliens, NAFTA, CAFTA, North American UNION, North American Trade, open borders, Mexico, Mexican Government, U.S.-Mexican Chamber of Commerce, more integration, North American Free Trade Agreement ...
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