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Canada-US trade
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New NAFTA rules of origin need more clarity: C.D. Howe Institute
Toronto, ON — The new Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) sets out rules of origin for auto products that need greater clarity to provide certainty for the businesses who must apply them, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.…
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Trudeau Trump Washington meeting helps end Canada’s global loneliness
Washington, DC — Canada suddenly became a little less lonely in the world after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting in Washington with President Donald Trump this week. Trudeau and Trump found a new simpatico over their shared desire to see…
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Lighthizer agrees to do whatever it takes to get new NAFTA passed
Ottawa, ON — Two days before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s arrival at the Oval Office, U.S. trade czar Robert Lighthizer has pledged to work with Democrats to do whatever it takes to ratify the new North American free trade deal.…
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Business leaders urge Trudeau to meet Pelosi, as well as Trump to push new NAFTA
OTTAWA — For now, he’s going to Washington to meet President Donald Trump, but Canadian business leaders say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be talking to Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi to push the continent’s new trade pact towards ratification.…
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MPs face summer recall for new NAFTA approval if no U.S. progress next week
Ottawa, ON — The Liberal government is prepared to recall Parliament this summer to ratify the new North American trade agreement, The Canadian Press has learned. As much as the government wants to move “in tandem” with the United States…
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Here’s the historic Canadian city Trump needs to visit
Canada-U.S. relations sit at a low point, eroding in recent years over everything from steel tariffs to Cuba and the Arctic. The current relationship between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump is more similar to the…
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Canada OK with EU plan to help WTO deal with Trump disruption: Carr
Ottawa, ON — Canada’s trade minister is endorsing a European Union plan to set up an alternative to the World Trade Organization’s appeals panel, in case a U.S. refusal to appoint new members paralyzes it by the end of the…
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With Trump’s new tariff threats, new NAFTA once again hangs in the balance
Ottawa, ON — Just as the fog of uncertainty shrouding North America’s new trade deal was starting to lift, Canada found itself socked in again Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly threatened Mexico with fresh tariffs tied to the…
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Trudeau, Pence to talk trade, China, abortion in final push to ratify new NAFTA
Ottawa, ON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “drove a hard bargain” when it came to negotiating a new trilateral North American trade pact, U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence said Thursday as he promised an earnest effort to get the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada…
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Canada to align ‘very much’ with American timeline for new NAFTA: PM
Ottawa, ON — Canada has fired the starting gun on the race to ratify the new North American free-trade pact — but the United States is setting the pace. When it comes to approving the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Prime Minister…
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U.S. Trade czar trumpets new NAFTA auto provisions amid skepticism
Ottawa, ON — The Trump administration is launching a new charm offensive to sell the merits of the new North American free trade pact to counter growing skepticism about the economic benefits of the deal. The U.S. Trade Representative says…
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Canada still enjoys old NAFTA benefits as new deal awaits ratification: Freeland
Ottawa, ON — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada has kept its privileged access to the U.S. market even as the new North American trade deal hangs in the balance. That was Canada ‘s core goal all along as…