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CNBC
April 20, 2018
Trying to hammer out NAFTA deal. 11 Hours Ago. CNBC's Kayla Tausche report that US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is holding two separate bi-lateral meetings to hammer out a new trade deal. Watch CNBC Live TVÃâà...
Global Trade Magazine (blog)
April 20, 2018
That wait-and-see approach was rooted in their optimism that one way or another NAFTA would ultimately remain a mainstay of North American trade. Unfortunately, we're not quite out of the woods just yet. While there's significant cause for optimism and the parties continue to strive for an agreement inÃâà...
Automotive News (blog)
April 20, 2018
WASHINGTON -- The trio of ministers leading Nafta talks meet again in Washington beginning Thursday as they continue to push for a deal in principle within week. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will meet Canada's Chrystia Freeland and Mexico's Ildefonso Guajardo in sessions Thursday inÃâà...
World Trade Online
April 20, 2018
The top Democrats on the Ways & Means Committee on April 17 asked panel chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) to convene a meeting of the House Advisory Group on Negotiations "to discuss the status and potentially imminent conclusion of the NAFTA renegotiation" before an agreement in principle isÃâà...
CNBC
April 9, 2018
Talks to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are not advanced enough for the United States, Mexico, and Canada to announce a deal "in principle" at this month's Summit of the Americas in Lima, according to two people familiar with matter. The ministers responsible for NAFTA metÃâà...
MarketWatch
April 3, 2018
The greenback was weaker versus its Nafta partners, slipping against both the Canadian dollar USDCAD, -0.8440% and Mexican peso USDMXN, -0.1935% One dollar bought C$1.2800, down from C$1.2915 at its lowest since late February, as well as 18.1809 pesos, versus 18.2438 late Tuesday.
O'Dwyer's PR News
April 3, 2018
According to documents filed with the Justice Department, Levi Strauss has retained Akin Gump to lobby on international trade issues including NAFTA negotiations. The iconic San Francisco-based retail brand, which maintains one of its largest denim mill suppliers in Mexico, is only the latest U.S.Ãâà...
Automotive News (blog)
April 3, 2018
The Trump administration is hoping to pull off a quick NAFTA win by aiming for a provisional pact as early as next week. A look at the political calendar explains why that's all he's likely to get. Talks between the United States, Canada and Mexico to revamp NAFTA that started in August missed an initialÃâà...
The Denver Post
April 3, 2018
Cory Gardner of Colorado is pressing President Donald Trump to use NAFTA negotiations to transform federal rule-making in a way that could thwart future environmental protections and other proposed regulations. The initiative, outlined in a letter Gardner and two fellow Senate Republicans sent Trump inÃâà...
Bangor Daily News
April 2, 2018
Lately, we've heard a lot about tariffs, trade and the Trump administration's renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which it wants to wrap up by the end of April. How will this deal affect Maine? Will NAFTA be improved? With closed-door negotiations and secret text, it's hard to know.
Yahoo News
April 2, 2018
President Trump has threatened to pull out of the NAFTA deal if Mexico does not take strict action against the flow of drugs and immigrants into the United States. Although it is not certain if the United States will quit NAFTA even if Trump gives the required six months' notice, the prospect of the United StatesÃâà...
American Shipper
April 2, 2018
The total value of cross-border trade between the United States and its partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which include Canada and Mexico, jumped another 9.9 percent year-over-year to $87.96 billion in January 2018, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department ofÃâà...
World Trade Online
April 2, 2018
A new rules-of-origin proposal and optimism on both China and NAFTA.... USTR floats new NAFTA auto rules plan, with wages factored in . U.S. NAFTA negotiators indicated a willingness to scrap a demand for 50 percent U.S. content in auto manufacture and adopt a methodology that would include aÃâà...
The Week Magazine
April 2, 2018
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 500 points, or more than 2 percent, just after noon Monday due to a turbulent mix of trade war fears and President Trump's repeated attacks on Amazon. Shares of other tech companies, including Facebook, Netflix, and Google's Alphabet, followedÃâà...
MarketWatch
April 1, 2018
In a series of angry Easter-morning tweets, President Donald Trump said there would be no DACA deal, again threatened to pull out of Nafta and called on the Senate to use the “nuclear option” to change its voting rules. The messages came just a couple of hours after Trump tweeted “HAPPY EASTER!
MiBiz
April 1, 2018
An analysis from economists at the University of Michigan found that Michigan as a state would fare better than the national economy if the U.S. were to pull out of NAFTA. In part, that's because the state's major export, light vehicles and especially trucks, could benefit from tariff protection. A ChevroletÃâà...
CNBC
April 1, 2018
In theory, a NAFTA termination letter would start the countdown for a 6-month process to abrogate the pact. However, some think Washington could use such a move to gain leverage over Canada and Mexico. In January, Mexico threatened to leave the negotiations altogether if Trump triggered the processÃâà...
Sun Community News
March 27, 2018
That partnership has been shaky recently as the two neighbors have sparred over a variety of trade issues, including newsprint prices, dairy exports and President Donald Trump's oft-repeated threat to terminate the NAFTA agreement. Stefanik, a member of the Northern Border Caucus, characterized theÃâà...
World Grain
March 27, 2018
NAPLES, FLORIDA, U.S. — The Trump administration is seeking to accelerate the pace of negotiations over a revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Cassandra Kuball, senior director, trade and industry affairs, Corn Refiners Association, told members of the North American Millers'Ãâà...
Markets Insider
March 27, 2018
OTTAWA, March 26, 2018 /CNW/ - Unifor and Mexican labour leaders join together this week to warn Members of Parliament (MPs) about the dangers of negotiating a NAFTA deal that fails to protect workers in both countries. "The old NAFTA model was built on exploitation, as Canadian manufacturing jobsÃâà...
Yale Daily News (blog)
March 27, 2018
Former President of Mexico and current Yale professor Ernesto Zedillo GRD '81 on Monday night spoke during a Yale Political Union debate on whether NAFTA — a trade agreement signed by Canada, the United States and Mexico that eliminated most tariffs and duties on trade between the countriesÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
March 27, 2018
President Trump's efforts to change the terms of NAFTA have divided farmers and ranchers, who depend, in different ways, on global trade. Special correspondent Grant Gerlock of NET traveled around the state to hear their perspective on the ways the trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico andÃâà...
The Columbus Dispatch
March 26, 2018
I've always been proud to be a member of the fourth generation of a car-selling family. My great-grandfather opened his first Mercury dealership in Columbus in 1947. Since then, my family has experienced everything from the benefits of a growing and changing marketplace, to the challenges of recessions,Ãâà...
Madison.com
March 26, 2018
In select cities nationwide, including Milwaukee, the Small Business Administration is hosting meetings to listen to the concerns of small businesses when it comes to North American Free Trade Agreement. Currently, U.S. trade officials are negotiating the future of NAFTA with Canada and Mexico.
Rio Grande Guardian
March 26, 2018
“It appears that they (NAFTA negotiators for the U.S.) are going back to where they were, that the rules of origin are strict as they are, that they should be left as it is or that they have minor tweaking. That is the argument of the automotive industry. The argument of Mr. Trump is, we need to protect jobs, weÃâà...
The Week Magazine
March 26, 2018
If there's one thing President Trump has been very clear on, it's that he hates the North American Free Trade Agreement. He has called NAFTA "the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere but certainly ever signed in this country." Following his election win, Trump brought Mexico and Canada back toÃâà...
CNBC
March 26, 2018
Peter Navarro indicates hope for success in U.S. efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. The White House trade advisor also defends Trump's decision to impose up to $60 billion of tariffs against China over intellectual property. "We're hopeful there that the Chinese will work withÃâà...
Vox
March 24, 2018
According to a leaked document shared with Vox, US trade representatives are seeking to override national food labeling policies in Mexico, Canada — as well as in the US — through the NAFTA renegotiation. Specifically, the US is proposing a provision about packaged food and non-alcoholic beveragesÃâà...
CNBC
March 23, 2018
Canada is "cautiously optimistic" about NAFTA talks on the back of positive signs from the U.S., Canadian Minister of International Trade Francois-Philippe Champagne said. Canada has been involved in several other trade agreements, include the revamped Trans-Pacific Partnership. NAFTA talks haveÃâà...
WSAU
March 21, 2018
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Assembly joins WTAQ's Morning Show to discuss Governor Scott Walker's proposed school safety plan. Walker's proposal calls for creating an Office of School Safety under the Department of Justice. It would control $100-million dollars inÃâà...
LocalNews8.com
March 21, 2018
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) - State representatives are worried about Idaho's economy if the US pulls out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. There is still some uncertainty surrounding NAFTA talks between the US, Canada, and Mexico. No deal has been reached yet, butÃâà...
Bend Bulletin
March 21, 2018
A kiosk offers snacks that bear the black warning logos denoting items high in sugar, salt, calories or saturated fat, in Santiago, Chile. According to confidential documents, the Trump administration is using North American Free Trade Agreement talks with Mexico and Canada to try to limit the ability of theÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 21, 2018
U.S. Drops Auto-Content Proposal in NAFTA Talks: the Globe and Mail. March 20, 2018 ... FILE PHOTO: NAFTA banner is pictured inside a hotel where the seventh round of NAFTA talks involving the United States, Mexico and Canada takes place, in Mexico City, Mexico March 3, 2018. REUTERS/CarlosÃâà...
Dallas News (blog)
March 21, 2018
CLEBURNE — What began as a ribbon-cutting for a new investment by a Mexican company in Texas evolved into a lovefest for NAFTA on Tuesday when speaker after speaker extolled the basic principles behind the embattled program. In remarks by everyone from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to Mexico'sÃâà...
Southeast AgNet
March 20, 2018
nafta With the ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations, it most likely will be several more months before dairy farmers will know what to expect with our trading partners to the North and South. With Mexico being a vital market for U.S. dairy producers, a National MilkÃâà...
Lexology
March 20, 2018
Round seven of the NAFTA negotiations concluded in Mexico City on March 5, 2018. The talks ended with United States Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, indicating that the US is prepared to walk away from NAFTA and replace it with separate bilateral agreements. He urged the parties to finish theÃâà...
Cato Institute (blog)
March 20, 2018
The eighth round of negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are expected to take place sometime next month. While progress has been made, the thorniest issues have yet to be addressed. One of the most contentious issues is dispute settlement. There are three main types,Ãâà...
New York Times
March 20, 2018
But the Office of the United States Trade Representative, which is leading the Nafta talks on the American side, is trying to head off the momentum. It is pushing to limit the ability of any Nafta member to require consumer warnings on the front of sugary drinks and fatty packaged foods, according to a draft ofÃâà...
AG Week
March 19, 2018
The plant normally gets 70 percent of its soybean supply from the U.S. However, they have started to switch over to Brazilian sources because they are concerned about the future of NAFTA. Ricardo Acevedo Vales, sales manager for Proteinas Yoleicos Soymeal, says they need to be prepared in the eventÃâà...
Seeking Alpha
March 13, 2018
Canada's exemption from U.S. metal tariffs have nothing to do with talks on the NAFTA, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told CNBC, but he thanked President Trump for the "special consideration." The EU is not mincing any words, however, as French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said memberÃâà...
KMAland
March 13, 2018
The continuing renegotiation of NAFTA by the United States, Canada and Mexico eventually will end well because "everyone has a lot to gain" by strengthening and protecting the trade agreement, Canada's deputy ambassador to the United States said Monday. "No relationship on this planet is moreÃâà...
KTIC
March 13, 2018
However, they expect any talks about a possible permanent exemption to take place outside of the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Politico quotes the Mexican Economy Ministry in a release that says, “The process of negotiations for the NAFTA modernization continues on a courseÃâà...
CNBC
March 13, 2018
Canada is the "best friend" and "greatest ally" of the U.S. and should be treated as such, former U.S. ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman says. The issue of tariffs on Canada should never even have been debated, he argues. While over 70 percent of Canada's exports go to the U.S., Canada has noÃâà...
AZCentral.com
March 12, 2018
NAFTA talks are ongoing (uncertainty), and Trump has suggested his decision to exempt Canada and Mexico from the new metal tariffs is meant to be leverage in those negotiations (protectionism). Trump has long portrayed NAFTA as a bad deal for America, and that could lead to another lethal poison toÃâà...
Toledo Blade
March 12, 2018
Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump pledged to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement for the first time since it was implemented in 1994. He followed through on that promise, starting negotiations with Canada and Mexico last August. Baldemar Velasquez, president of theÃâà...
MyStatesman.com
March 12, 2018
NAFTA 2.0 needs to evolve with the times by addressing the digital trade and economy, according to representatives from Mexico, the United States and the tech industry. It should reflect how the “economy now is globally digitized,” said Patrick Schaefer, executive director of the Hunt Institute for GlobalÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 9, 2018
“Few disagree that Nafta has issues and needs to be modernized,” said Debi Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Agency, in a recent interview with MarketWatch. For instance, some analysis has focused on updating cross-border data flows and modernizing business visas as industry hasÃâà...
New York Times
February 24, 2018
As those tariffs disappeared under Nafta, so did many Canadian businesses, and the jobs that went with them. Memories of those closings still rankle many Canadians, even though many economists say that automation and other factors would have doomed many of the jobs regardless of new trade rules.
CNNMoney
December 31, 1999
It also complements White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who told CNBC earlier this week, "we might get a really good deal on NAFTA." Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week that he sees positive "momentum" at the negotiating table. The Mexico peso, perhaps the ultimate NAFTAÃâà...
ICTSD Bridges News
December 31, 1999
Trade negotiators from Canada, Mexico, and the United States finished work on three more chapters of an updated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) during their seventh round of talks in Mexico City. Their ministers warned, however, that many challenging decisions remain before they canÃâà...
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