ROBERT LIGHTHIZER, the United States Trade Representative, wants renegotiation of the North-American Free Trade Agreement (nafta) to speed up. When the sixth round of talks ended on January 29th with only three chapters agreed, he griped: "We owe it to our citizens, who are operating in a state of uncertainty, to move much faster." But given the changes he wants, any more speed risks a crash.
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