NAFTA 's sixth meeting was held in Montreal, Canada, for a week until 29th, and after the meeting was over, the three ministers met together.

Among them, Trade Representative Wright Heather of the United States said, "Although progress has been made at this meeting, its pace is very slow, negotiating in the three countries is more difficult than bilateral negotiations "The problem becomes more complicated," he complained about the present situation where the negotiations are difficult.

Background to the negotiations' difficulties is that the focus is on Japanese companies, which has a large impact on the conditions to zero tariffs on the automobile sector, Regarding new rules and others asking to use parts by 50% or more, the gap of argument of each country may not be buried.

The next seventh meeting is scheduled to be held in Mexico in late next month, and in the meantime Mexico 's presidential election will be held in July and a medium election in the US Congress in November, The agreement in March is in an uncertain situation.