WASHINGTON: The US and Mexico are resolving their differences on agricultural products covered under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) after the Trump administration withdrew some of its sweeping demands, bringing the nations closer to an overall deal, according to five people familiar with the discussions.

American negotiators dropped their demand in the last week to erect barriers against seasonal imports of a wide variety of Mexican farm goods, according to the people, who asked not to be named discussing private negotiations. Two of them said the countries may agree to narrower restrictions on some Mexican produce, such as tomatoes.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2018