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Canada says agreed with U.S. to keep NAFTA alive, no talks set

By David Ljunggren June 14, 2018

Reuters — Canada agreed with the U.S. on Thursday that slow-moving talks to update NAFTA should continue, although they did not set a date for the next round, a senior official said in remarks casting further doubt on the chances of a deal this year. Negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement started […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Canada’s dairy farmers cling to protections as Trump demands concessions

By Julie Ingwersen, Rod Nickel June 11, 2018

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Canadian dairy farmers want trade negotiators to keep their hands off the protected sector in increasingly contentious talks with the United States, however loudly U.S. President Donald Trump demands greater access, an executive with Canada’s biggest dairy lobby group said Monday. The sector, worth $21 billion in farm and processed dairy […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a press conference June 9, 2018 at the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Que. (G7.gc.ca via Flickr)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Trump’s tweets spew ire on Trudeau, EU, NATO

By David Brunnstrom, Matt Spetalnick June 11, 2018

Singapore | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump fired off a volley of tweets on Monday venting anger on NATO allies, the European Union and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of a divisive G7 meeting over the weekend. The escalating clash over trade between Washington and some of its closest global partners […] Read more

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General, Markets, Reuters

Over 14 per cent of U.S. farm exports seen at risk in trade disputes

By Tom Polansek June 7, 2018

Des Moines | Reuters — More than 14 per cent of US$140 billion in annual U.S. farm exports have been or are likely to be hit by retaliatory tariffs in trade disputes with countries such as China and Mexico, a top U.S. trade negotiator said on Thursday. Mexico imposed tariffs on U,S, products ranging from […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Mexico hits back on U.S. steel, slaps tariffs on pork, bourbon

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 6, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico responded in kind to U.S. President Donald Trump’s metals tariffs by imposing its own duties on U.S. steel on Tuesday, while also targeting politically sensitive agricultural products from pork to bourbon. Mexico’s peso tumbled to its weakest level since February 2017, leading losses among major currencies due to the […] Read more

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in Washington, D.C. on May 31, 2017. (Global Affairs Canada screengrab via YouTube)

General, Markets, Reuters

Freeland to visit Washington this week for NAFTA talks

By Reuters May 28, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will visit Washington this week in another bid to help unblock talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement, a spokesman said on Monday. Freeland will be in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday, said spokesman Adam Austen. The U.S., Mexico and Canada are struggling to […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada says NAFTA officials in constant contact on trade talks

By David Ljunggren May 22, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Top U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials are in constant contact about slow-moving talks to revitalize NAFTA and are ready to meet at any time to push the process forwards, Canada’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Negotiations to update the North American Free Trade Agreement have stalled as Canada and Mexico try […] Read more

Assembly of a 2014 Chevy Traverse at General Motors’ Lansing Delta Township assembly plant in Michigan. (John F. Martin photo for Chevrolet)

General, Markets, Reuters

NAFTA nations ‘nowhere near’ a deal, USTR says

By David Lawder, Jonathan Spicer May 17, 2018

Washington/New York | Reuters — The top U.S. trade official on Thursday poured cold water on the prospect of an imminent breakthrough in talks to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) hours after Canada’s prime minister struck a positive note. “The NAFTA countries are nowhere near close to a deal,” U.S. Trade Representative […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a Toyota plant at Cambridge, Ont. on May 4. (PMO photo by Adam Scotti)

General, Markets, Reuters

NAFTA ‘hot topics’ said unresolved as deal deadline looms

By David Lawder May 14, 2018

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday that none of the contentious issues in a new NAFTA trade deal appear to have been resolved, diminishing chances of meeting a Thursday deadline to notify U.S. lawmakers of an agreement. If the notification is not sent by Thursday, U.S. House Speaker Paul […] Read more

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer walks toward reporters ahead of a meeting with his Canadian and Mexican counterparts to discuss talks on modernizing the NAFTA trade deal, in Washington, D.C. on May 11. (Photo: Reuters/David Ljunggren)

General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Negotiators fail to reach NAFTA deal

By Anthony Esposito, David Ljunggren May 11, 2018

Washington | Reuters — Senior U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials on Friday ended a week of talks without a deal to modernize NAFTA, agreeing instead to resume negotiations soon, ahead of a deadline next week issued by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan. The failure to secure a quick deal underscores uncertainty over the […] Read more

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Canada says agreed with U.S. to keep NAFTA alive, no talks set

Canada’s dairy farmers cling to protections as Trump demands concessions

Trump’s tweets spew ire on Trudeau, EU, NATO

Over 14 per cent of U.S. farm exports seen at risk in trade disputes

Mexico hits back on U.S. steel, slaps tariffs on pork, bourbon

Freeland to visit Washington this week for NAFTA talks

Canada says NAFTA officials in constant contact on trade talks

NAFTA nations ‘nowhere near’ a deal, USTR says

NAFTA ‘hot topics’ said unresolved as deal deadline looms

Negotiators fail to reach NAFTA deal

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