“You have to ask the question of people like the NDP in Canada: If you don’t think that we should have a free trade deal with Europe — as progressive, positive and aligned as they are — then with whom would the NDP want to sign a trade deal?” Trudeau asked. Continue reading →

The work to get the deal over the finish line comes after two difficult years marked by a rough renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Continue reading →

His threat, which drew an outcry from a broad span of business groups and political figures, suddenly cast doubt on prospects for a new North American trade agreement and would would swell the prices Americans pay for countless items from avocados to clothes to medical devices. Continue reading →

In 2018 Nova Scotia exported $597-million worth of goods to Europe including seafood, berries, wood and energy products. Continue reading →

Donald Trump’s Commerce Department approved tariff exemption requests from 370 companies for up to 4.1 million tons of foreign steel. Continue reading →

Global News has confirmed that the United States Canada Mexico Agreement (USMCA) will be signed Friday morning in Buenos Aires just outside the margins of the G20 summit. Continue reading →

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland paid a visit to Hackett’s Cove, N.S., on Thursday to tout the benefits of new international trade deals at a Nova Scotian manufacturing company. Continue reading →

“Some of the stuff they (the Americans) have been putting forward is not at all what we agreed to,” said a source, who requested anonymity given the sensitivity of the situation. Continue reading →

New Zealand’s trade minister on Wednesday said that a major 11-member Pacific trade pact would enter into force on December 30 after the required six nations ratified the deal. Continue reading →

In an era when Canada is seeking free trade deals around the world, it’s ludicrous that we maintain these archaic and prohibitive tariffs that hinder trade within our own country. Continue reading →