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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau receives a standing ovation during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on May 29, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)

Canada moves to ratify USMCA ahead of Pence visit

By Kelsey Johnson May 29, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government formally presented draft legislation to ratify the new North American Trade deal to parliament on Wednesday, less than 24 hours ahead of a visit by U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented the bill to the House of Commons, confirming a Reuters story from Tuesday that […] Read more

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after her arrival at the Stelco steel plant in Hamilton on May 17, 2019, following news that the U.S. agreed to lift tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. (PMO photo by Adam Scotti)

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Canada takes first step on ratifying USMCA trade deal

By Kelsey Johnson, Steve Scherer May 27, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada took a first step toward ratifying the new North American trade agreement on Monday just three days ahead of U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence’s trip to Ottawa to discuss the passage of the treaty. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland presented what’s known as a ways and means motion to the House of […] Read more

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Canada vows ‘full steam ahead’ on ratifying trade pact

By Steve Scherer May 19, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will move quickly to ratify the new North American trade pact, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday, a day after the United States agreed to lift tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. U.S. President Donald Trump had imposed the global “Section 232” tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with steel workers at Stelco in Hamilton on March 13, 2018. (File photo: Reuters/Mark Blinch)

General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

U.S. boosts trade pact’s outlook lifting tariffs on Canadian, Mexican metals

By David Lawder, Steve Scherer May 17, 2019

Washington/Ottawa | Reuters — The United States struck deals on Friday to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico, the three governments said, removing a major obstacle to legislative approval of a new North American trade pact. The separate agreements, which will not impose U.S. quotas on Canadian and Mexican metals […] Read more

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U.S. to levy tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes in trade spat

By David Shepardson, GFM Network News May 7, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it will begin imposing a 17.5 per cent tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes, but said it is optimistic that a deal can be reached to extend a 2013 agreement that suspended a U.S. anti-dumping investigation. “The Department of Commerce remains committed to ensuring that […] Read more

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General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

USMCA deal modestly boosts U.S. economy, trade panel finds

By David Lawder, David Shepardson April 18, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The new North American free trade pact would modestly boost the U.S. economy, especially auto parts production, but may curb vehicle assembly and limit consumer choice in cars, a hotly anticipated analysis from the U.S. International Trade Commission showed on Thursday. The ITC report is a crucial step in the push […] Read more

Strip steak with mushrooms. (Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)

General, Markets, Reuters

Pacific pact spurs Canadian ag sales to Japan as U.S. watches

By Rod Nickel January 10, 2019

Winnipeg | Reuters — At the Canadian embassy in Tokyo last month, beef promoters flew in a chef from Canada to cook New York strip steaks for hungry Japanese importers and restaurant suppliers. The annual Canadian beef buffet reception attracted 126 people, up sharply from the usual 30 to 40. A trade deal among Pacific […] Read more

Dairy cattle in Canada. (Pearman314/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Markets

USMCA costs Canada sovereignty in ag policy, critics warn

By GFM Staff November 30, 2018

Changes to Canadian dairy supply management in the final text of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement give up oversight of the system to the U.S., Canada’s dairy farmer group warns. The trade deal, signed Friday in Buenos Aires by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico’s outgoing President Enrique Pena Nieto, now goes […] Read more

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit. (RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

U.S., Canada, Mexico sign trade deal after last-minute brinkmanship

By Roberta Rampton November 30, 2018

Buenos Aires | Reuters — The leaders of Mexico, Canada and the United States signed a North American trade pact on Friday after brinkmanship over the final details of the deal continued through the eve of the signing. They agreed on a deal in principle to govern the more than trillion dollars of mutual trade […] Read more

A Shanghai container terminal. (Chuyu/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada to work with China on trade deal despite USMCA clause, Trudeau says

By Fathin Ungku November 15, 2018

Singapore | Reuters — Canada and China will continue to work together toward an “eventual” free trade deal, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. This is despite the country being a signatory to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which specifies that if one of its partners enters a free trade deal […] Read more

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Canada moves to ratify USMCA ahead of Pence visit

Canada takes first step on ratifying USMCA trade deal

Canada vows ‘full steam ahead’ on ratifying trade pact

U.S. boosts trade pact’s outlook lifting tariffs on Canadian, Mexican metals

U.S. to levy tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes in trade spat

USMCA deal modestly boosts U.S. economy, trade panel finds

Pacific pact spurs Canadian ag sales to Japan as U.S. watches

USMCA costs Canada sovereignty in ag policy, critics warn

U.S., Canada, Mexico sign trade deal after last-minute brinkmanship

Canada to work with China on trade deal despite USMCA clause, Trudeau says

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