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NAFTA | USMCA

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

In a trade war, Canada’s energy not on the table
15-Jun-2018 Council of Canadians
Canada is hamstrung by a little-known NAFTA clause that packs a huge climate punch and gives the US first access to most of Canada’s oil and natural gas.
Donald Trump was right. The rest of the G7 were wrong
13-Jun-2018 The Guardian
In arguing for a sunset clause to the Nafta trade agreement, this odious man is exposing the corruption of liberal democracy.
Mexico turns trade attention to Japan with Nafta talks at risk
12-Jun-2018 Bloomberg
Economy minister in Tokyo this week for conferences, meetings. Nafta uncertainty rising after Trump, Trudeau clashed.
NAFTA negotiations: Canada rejects US push for bilateral trade deal
6-Jun-2018 Huffington Post
The Canadian government is rejecting a push by the Trump administration to strike separate, bilateral trade deals with Canada and Mexico instead of pushing ahead with a stalled effort to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
NAFTA has hammered rural communities
4-Jun-2018 Idaho Press
NAFTA has hammered rural communities by aiding the consolidation of corporate power over agriculture by restricting choice and threatening our federal, state and local sovereignty over ag policy.
Trump says US might prefer separate trade deals with Canada, Mexico instead of NAFTA
4-Jun-2018 Reuters
US President Donald Trump might prefer to end the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which the United States is renegotiating with Canada and Mexico, in favor of two bilateral agreements with its neighbors.
Mexico aims tariffs at Trump country, sees NAFTA complications
1-Jun-2018 Reuters
Mexico hit back fast on US tariffs on steel and aluminum, which complicate talks between the United States, Canada and Mexico to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Trudeau says NAFTA talks broke down after Pence made ultimatum
1-Jun-2018 Washington Post
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said months of intense negotiations between his country, the United States and Mexico imploded when Vice President Pence demanded that any deal expire automatically in five years.
Trump’s new tariffs have effectively killed TTIP and may collapse NAFTA
1-Jun-2018 Eurasia Future
China’s preferred model of free trade has already won a favoured position in developing countries vis-a-vis the US model.
Trump threatens allies with new tariffs, sowing global confusion
24-May-2018 Bloomberg
Some industry observers saw this latest move as a US tactic to pressure Mexico and Canada to move quickly to agree to an overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Mnuchin says NAFTA negotiations could spill into 2019
21-May-2018 AP
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says efforts to renegotiate a trade agreement with Canada and Mexico could spill into next year.
NAFTA talks have ignored environmental concerns
17-May-2018 Sierra Club
NAFTA 2.0 could increase pollution that threatens our communities.
Canada backs foreign investor rights to protect mining sector: Book
17-May-2018 Common Sense Canadian
Canada’s controversial mining sector may be the driving force behind the country’s insistence on protecting foreign investors’ rights over laws that guard its own citizens and environmental values.
NAFTA math may not add up to more US auto jobs
14-May-2018 Reuters
Trump administration demands in NAFTA trade negotiations meant to push auto jobs back to the United States may not be enough to spark a shift in where automakers build cars and trucks.
NAFTA 2.0, junk food labeling and public health
12-May-2018 IATP
NAFTA 2.0 could effectively prevent all three governments from adopting some of the most effective public health policies to reduce obesity and prevent related health conditions.
Maine state legislators endorse removing ISDS from NAFTA
11-May-2018 IATP
The Maine Citizen Trade Policy Commission, a legislator-run, bipartisan governmental body, recently sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative calling for ISDS to be removed in its entirety from NAFTA.
Negotiations over NAFTA are bogging down ahead of a major deadline
11-May-2018 Washington Post
Negotiations over a new North American trade deal have hit a major snag, leaving White House officials increasingly uncertain of their ability to hit their May 18 deadline for securing congressional approval of a new deal before year’s end.
Mexico offers Nafta compromise on car content, wages
9-May-2018 Bloomberg
Mexico is opening the door to compromise on the key Nafta issue of auto manufacturing, though it’s unclear if the flexibility is enough to reach a deal with the US and Canada.
NAFTA talks enter critical week with US still pushing hard line
7-May-2018 Reuters
Talks to update the NAFTA trade deal enter a make-or-break week, as ministers from Canada, the United States and Mexico seek to resolve an impasse in key areas before elections in Mexico and the United States complicate the process.
Canada loses bid to overturn NAFTA ruling on rebuffed N.S. quarry
3-May-2018 CBC
New Jersey company behind quarry proposal in Digby Neck claims damages of $443M US in lost profits.