On Wednesday, April 4 Ryan attended a Business and Agriculture Community Meeting on NAFTA Modernization Negotiations at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. At the meeting, industry representatives from across sectors provided an update on NAFTA negotiations and analysis of where negotiations might turn. Some type of conclusion to NAFTA seems to be approaching. This week, USTR Ambassador Robert Lighthizer welcomed his Canadian and Mexican trade ministers to Washington to discuss NAFTA. Several factors are pushing negotiators to a conclusion, including: Mexican election in July, statutory requirements related to trade promotion authority, and the Canada and Mexico’s exemption from steel and aluminum tariffs, which happens on May 1.