Three moderate Republican lawmakers urged U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to use the talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement to scrap its investor-state dispute settlement provision, saying that it undermines the U.S. legal system.
The Trump administration has reportedly pushed to make participation in the system voluntary but is facing opposition from NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico.
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