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Weekly Report - 10 August 2017 (WR-17-31)
MEXICO: Farmers ratchet up pressure on Peña Nieto
Between 5,000 and 7,000 farmers converged on Mexico City from across the country this week to stage an indefinite protest against the government led by President Enrique Peña Nieto. One of the principal demands of the protesting farmers, who have been staging marches in the capital, is that the Peña Nieto administration should ensure that chapter seven of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) on agriculture, sanitary and phytosanitary measures is torn up when it begins renegotiating the treaty with the US and Canada on 16 August.
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