Mexico asks Pelosi to act on trade deal, business groups wary

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday urged U.S. House Speaker...

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday urged U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to decide on ratification of a North American trade pact, even as Mexican business groups fretted that proposed changes were weakening the deal.

“It’s time, it’s the moment,” Lopez Obrador said during his regular morning news conference, adding that time was running short to avoid ratification of the deal spilling into next year’s U.S. presidential election. “We are not in a hurry to approve modifications that contradict the original agreements,” employers confederation Coparmex said in a statement, adding it wanted greater consultation with the government before more ground was ceded.

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