U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign a trade pact between the United States, Canada and Mexico on Wednesday during a ceremony at the White House, said an administration official while adding, invitations for attending the event has already… Read More ›
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Trade war with China and Mexico likely to escalate: Goldman Sachs
Things are likely to escalate before they cool down. In a note, economists at Goldman Sachs stated, they see a 60% chance that the United States would slap further tariffs on the final $300 billion of Chinese imports. This is… Read More ›
Mexican senate to hold special session to ratify USMCA trade deal ‘soon’
Both, Canada and Mexico are pushing to get the USMCA trade agreement ratified before the U.S. enters into poll mode ahead of the 2020 Presidential elections. At a news briefing, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated, the government will… Read More ›
Canada takes steps to ratify USMCA ahead of U.S. VP Mike Pence’s visit
For the USMCA, which will replace NAFTA, to become law, it has to be ratified by lawmakers from the U.S., Canada and Mexico by the end of this summer. In a significant development, Canada took the first step toward ratifying… Read More ›
USMCA does not impact bilateral agreement: Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray
Although U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had termed a provision of the USMCA as a “poison pill”, Mexico and China have agreed to interpret it differently: they have emphasized that it does not impact bilateral trade relations between countries that… Read More ›
Trump to sign USMCA in November
The new trade deal will be called United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). According to a senior U.S. official, the United States intends to sign a new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada at the end of November 2018. The signing will… Read More ›
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland to travel to Washington for NAFTA negotiations
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland briefed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau twice in the spate of the 2 hours. For the second time in a few hours, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland briefed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the ongoing… Read More ›
U.S. trade relations improve with EU, Mexico and Canada
In what is likely to be a strategic move, the United States has moved quickly to reach new trade deals with Mexico, the EU and Canada and in doing so it can then focus its energies on China, which is… Read More ›
Mexico likely to impose 20% import duty on U.S. pork legs
Mexico can fallback on the EU to source its pork or it could also get them from Canada. In 2017, Mexico imported 840,000 tonnes of pork. On Tuesday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter at hand,… Read More ›
U.S. government drops demand for U.S. auto content in NAFTA negotiations
With this bone of contention being amicably resolved, NAFTA negotiations can continue. Two leading newspapers, The Mail and The Globe, have reported citing sources, that the U.S. government has dropped its demand all vehicles manufactured in Canada and Mexico for… Read More ›