"President Donald Trump disagreed with executives of major oil and gas companies Thursday about the importance of keeping binding dispute settlement procedures in a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement, according to a person familiar with the discussion.

Trump told roughly a dozen of the oil and gas industry leaders at a White House meeting that he understood -- but did not share -- their view that those Nafta provisions are essential to give companies confidence to invest in Mexico and Canada, said the person, who asked not to be identified describing the closed-door session.

That position puts the president in league with American Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who has signaled he doesn’t support continuing to subject the U.S. to the investor-state dispute settlement provisions in Nafta that empower businesses to challenge other countries for discrimination."

Jennifer A Dlouhy reports for Bloomberg March 15, 2018. [2]

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