<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="border-style: none none solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 3pt; background-color: white;" class=""><h3 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 16.8pt; border-bottom-style: none; padding: 0in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="">In Trade<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3></div><h1 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 19.5pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">USTR extends public comment period on NAFTA objectives<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h1><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.8pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">June 13, 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.8pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is extending the public comment period for its NAFTA negotiating objectives.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.8pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon, USTR cited “high interest” in the subject, along with a desire to “ensure all interested participants have the opportunity to comment” on its negotiating objectives.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.8pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The comment period closed on June 12; the statement on Tuesday says it will be extended until June 14 at midnight.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.8pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">More than<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=USTR-2017-0006" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">12,000 comments</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">were listed as received on Tuesday.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.8pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class="">Arthur Stamoulis</div><div class="">Citizens Trade Campaign</div><div class="">(202) 494-8826</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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