Canada Nafta

• Freeland pens letter asking Opposition parties not to delay new NAFTA

  Freeland has sent a letter to the leaders of the Conservatives, NDP, Bloc Quebecois and Greens on the eve of the return of the House of Commons asking for their support.

  Politics

  Jan 26, 2020
  
• NAFTA deal reached: Canada, U.S., Mexico reach trade agreement under new name

  Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer have released a joint statement confirming that a new trade deal has been reached to replace NAFTA.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2018
  
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• ‘Close, but not there yet’: Sources say U.S. and Canada near NAFTA deal

  With little time left ahead of a deadline to agree to a renewed NAFTA, Canadian and U.S. trade officials on Sunday tried to settle differences on tough issues such as protection against American tariffs.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2018
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• ‘We are not working towards a deadline’: Marc Garneau on Canada’s NAFTA approach

  In an interview with The West Block's Mercedes Stephenson, Minister of Transport Marc Garneau explains why the Canadian government isn't eager to set a NAFTA deadline.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2018
• NAFTA talks: How Trump could split Mexico and Canada in negotiations

  The U.S.-Mexico pact has prompted many of Canada’s business and political leaders to ramp up pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cut his own deal with the United States.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2018
• Informal NAFTA talks ‘very likely’ at upcoming U.N. meeting: Trudeau

  With time running out ahead of a U.S.-imposed deadline of the end of September, negotiators are making slow progress on updating NAFTA.

  Politics

  Sep 23, 2018
• How would Scheer make a NAFTA deal? Tory leader silent on key sticking points

  Canada would already have a new NAFTA deal if the Conservatives were in power, party leader Andrew Scheer says, but he made no mention of how he would approach some of the negotiations' key sticking points.

  Politics

  Sep 21, 2018
• Canada pushes back on U.S. trade law that lets Trump use national security to justify tariffs

  Sources say Thursday's talks between Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and U.S. trade ambassador Robert Lighthizer were dominated by efforts to secure a commitment from the Americans that a new NAFTA deal would mitigate the risk of such tariffs.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2018
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• Global economic growth ‘may have now peaked,’ OECD says — for Canada, too

  The economic outlook from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development placed much of the blame on trade fears.

  Economy

  Sep 20, 2018
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• Trump says Canada not in a ‘good trade position’ as NAFTA talks drag on

  In a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Donald Trump told reporters that Canada cannot keep charging the United States a 300 per cent tariff on dairy products. 

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2018