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Canada-US trade
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Freeland’s imprint of foreign affairs remains even if she’s shuffled: analysts
Ottawa, ON — Whether or not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffles her to a new cabinet post on Wednesday, Chrystia Freeland’s imprint on Canada’s foreign policy will remain visible for some time to come, analysts suggest. That will be especially…
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Pelosi says agreement on revamped NAFTA ‘imminent’
Washington, DC — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to see Congress pass President Donald Trump’s revamped North American free trade deal this year. In a news conference Thursday, the California Democrat said an agreement on the pact is…
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House Democrat Neal talks new NAFTA with Trudeau, Freeland and Hadju
Ottawa, ON — An influential American Democratic lawmaker affirmed his party’s commitment to push the ratification of the new North American free trade deal during a visit Wednesday with the newly-re-elected Trudeau Liberals . “We want to see this implemented,”…
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NAFTA panel says U.S. can’t show harm from Canadian softwood industry
Ottawa, ON — A joint NAFTA panel has given the United States three months to rethink its tariffs on imported Canadian softwood lumber but the saga for Canada’s troubled softwood companies is far from over. The five panel members —…
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Ambrose disagrees with Scheer’s assertion that Trudeau caved to Trump on NAFTA
Ottawa, ON — The Conservatives’ former leader doesn’t agree with the current leader’s assertion that Canada got taken to the cleaners by Donald Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA. Rona Ambrose, who was interim Conservative leader after the party’s 2015 election…
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Ottawa takes promised steps to prevent transshipments of aluminum, steel
Ottawa is taking promised steps to prevent aluminum and steel from entering Canada as a way to circumvent trade measures that led to the U.S. lifting tariffs earlier this year. Starting Sept. 1, certain aluminum products will be added to…
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Pence steps up pressure for trade deal with Mexico, Canada
Santa Fe, NM — Vice-President Mike Pence stepped up pressure on Congress to support the Trump administration’s new trade deal with Mexico and Canada, taking his pitch Wednesday to a congressional swing district in New Mexico. Speaking to a crowd…
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Trump administration, Democrats make progress on new NAFTA
Washington, DC — Congressional Democrats appear to be moving from “no way” to “maybe” on President Donald Trump’s rewrite of a trade pact with Canada and Mexico. House Democrats have met four times with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, most…
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C.D. Howe report finds no winners in Canada U.S. Mexico free trade agreement
The C.D. Howe Institute says negatives will outweigh the positives for all three parties to the new Canada-United States-Mexico free trade agreement but it will hit Mexico hardest and the U.S. the lightest. In a new analysis to be released…
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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.…