By July 2018, President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador had named Jesús Seade to lead the NAFTA talks for his transition team. Expansión reported that Seade would work with the current team until the new government took office on December 1.
A bulletin of the Mexican embassy in Washington, dated July 27, 2018, listed the delegation: Secretaries Videgaray and Guajardo of the outgoing government, “acompañados por Jesús Seade, designado como Jefe Negociador del TLCAN” (accompanied by Jesús Seade, designated as chief negotiator of NAFTA). (Video in Spanish.)