The process of modernizing NAFTA officially kicked off in Washington, D.C. recently, with the first round of talks set to conclude on August 20.

Read: How and when NAFTA talks will occur

So the Canadian American Business Council (CABC) has established a task force to develop recommendations for consideration by NAFTA negotiators. The task force will be co-chaired by Lena Trudeau of Nuage Cloud Strategies and Gabe Batstone of Contextere and one its goals will be to produce a report on the digital framework for NAFTA.

Other members of the task force include:

  • Steven De Eyre, head of public policy at Amazon.ca
  • Christina Erling, director of federal affairs at Barrick Gold
  • Colin McKay, public policy strategist and communicator at Google
  • Jennifer Sloan, vice-president of public policy at Mastercard

Read: What to expect from U.S. policy reform