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NAFTA | USMCA

North America Free Trade Agreement | US-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Will the new NAFTA make the pandemic worse for Mexicans?
13-Jul-2020 Foreign Policy in Focus
For Mexican workers, farmers, and the poor, the pandemic and the new treaty replacing NAFTA are a devastating one-two punch.
New NAFTA trade deal deepens oil and gas dependency during climate crisis
1-Jul-2020 Desmog
The deal provides loopholes for oil, gas, and mining companies to operate across borders, and paves the way for US companies to export even more fracked natural gas across the border into Mexico.
New North American trade deal launches under growing threat of disputes
1-Jul-2020 Reuters
The revamped trade pact between the United States, Canada and Mexico taking effect on Wednesday was meant to create a kind of fortress North America, boosting the region’s competitiveness - but cracks are already starting to show in the foundation.
New NAFTA takes effect next month. US is already threatening legal challenges
19-Jun-2020 CBC
The new North American trade agreement isn’t even in effect yet and the Trump administration is warning Canada and Mexico they might face legal actions under the pact.
Looking in the Mexican mirror
11-Jun-2020 TNI
26 years of free trade, industrial paradise for transnational corporations and environmental hell for the peoples.
Changes to USMCA steel requirements give Mexican auto sector headache
5-Jun-2020 Reuters
To qualify for tariff-free trade, makers of heavy vehicles must meet various requirements, including a 60% regional content threshold that will increase gradually and 70% regional inputs of steel and aluminum.
Like NAFTA, successor trade deal lacks US worker protections
2-Jun-2020 Noozhawk
NAFTA and other trade deals have been a disaster for American workers. Unregulated global trade consequences have led to worldwide criminal-level labor exploitation.
Canada loses a round in softwood lumber dispute
25-May-2020 Business In Vancouver
NAFTA panel upholds determination Canadian exports harm American producers.
Energy dispute deepens between Mexico and foreign allies
18-May-2020 Reuters
The measures would face legal challenges under Mexico’s commitments not just under the outgoing NAFTA but also its successor, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, an industry source said.
EU-Mexico agreement: Serious concerns for European civil society
30-Apr-2020 Global Campaign
European civil society organisations are deeply concerned about the renewal of the European Union-Mexico trade agreement.
Mexico says auto factories to reopen with virus safeguards
27-Apr-2020 New York Times
The announcement came three days after the US government launched a campaign to get Mexico to reopen plants, suggesting the supply chain of the North American free trade zone could be permanently affected.
New N. America trade deal to take effect July 1: US
27-Apr-2020 RFI
The new free trade deal between the United States, Mexico and Canada will enter into force on July 1, the office of the US trade representative said.
Mexico eyes agreement to end virus-induced disruptions to US-Mexico supply chains
24-Apr-2020 Reuters
Lopez Obrador said the government was reviewing the matter in the context of the entry into force of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a trade deal due to replace the 1994 NAFTA.
US pressures Mexico to reopen plants amid worker walkouts
22-Apr-2020 AP
The US pressed Mexico to reopen border assembly plants that are key to the US supply chain, as part of the North American free trade zone.
USTR warned to rush USMCA implementation
22-Apr-2020 Politico
A private sector advisory panel established by Congress urged the Trump administration not to bring the USMCA into force before Jan. 1.
US factories in Mexico are still open. As the coronavirus spreads, workers are dying
21-Apr-2020 Los Angeles Times
Maquiladoras which avoid most tariffs because their finished products are for export only, have boomed since the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.
FTA partners continue to buy more than half of US grains
20-Apr-2020 Feedstuffs
FTA partners purchased 55% of total US grains in all forms exports in 2018-19 marketing year.
Mexico asks US, Canada to grant automakers transition for USMCA rules
8-Apr-2020 Reuters
Mexico’s government asked the United States and Canada to grant its automotive industry extra time to adapt its supply chains as the deadline for implementing a new North American trade deal approaches.
Mexico joins Canada, notifies US it’s ready to implement new NAFTA
6-Apr-2020 CBC
Date for the revised North American trade deal to kick in now up to Americans.
Canada notifies US and Mexico it has ratified revised NAFTA
6-Apr-2020 CBC
Canada notified the United States and Mexico that it has finished its ratification process and is now ready to implement the measures in the revised North American trade agreement.