USMCA

• Freeland hits back at Kushner book, calls Trump a ‘bully’ during new NAFTA talks

  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says former U.S. President Donald Trump used "bully" tactics during negotiations for a new North American free-trade agreement.

  Canada

  Aug 25
  
• Canada-U.S. trade growing stronger despite differences, officials say at rare meeting

  U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai met with Trade Minister Mary Ng in Ottawa on Thursday, her first to Canada since President Joe Biden appointed her last March.

  Economy

  May 5
  
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• Canada, Mexico lodge complaint over how U.S. interprets CUSMA auto rules

  Mexico and Canada favor a more flexible interpretation of the regulations than the United States, which sought an overhaul of NAFTA in order to protect U.S. manufacturing jobs.

  Canada

  Jan 13
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• U.S. trade concerns send trade minister back to Washington as MPs debate solutions

  Mary Ng met virtually Tuesday with her U.S. counterpart to discuss several trade disputes, including Canada's "significant concern" with a proposed electric vehicle tax credit.

  Economy

  Dec 1, 2021
• Trudeau says he raised concerns on EV tax credit, Line 5 pipeline with Biden

  Trudeau made the remarks on Thursday night following a trilateral summit that the prime minister described as ``extremely effective.''

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2021
• U.S. formally requests dispute resolution over Canada’s dairy import quotas

  The request marks an escalation of a U.S. complaint first lodged in December 2020, alleging that Canada was improperly allocating some of the USMCA's tariff-rate quotas.

  Canada

  May 25, 2021
• Canadian Pacific Railway to buy Kansas City Southern for $25B

  "This will create the first U.S.-Mexico-Canada railroad," Canadian Pacific Chief Executive Keith Creel said in a statement.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2021
• U.S. tests CUSMA, issues challenge to Canada’s dairy quotas

  Robert Lighthizer, President Donald Trump's trade ambassador, says the U.S. has made a formal request for consultations to address Canada's limits on a variety of dairy products.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2020
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• Biden says U.S. government contracts must ‘buy American’ to be approved

  Canadian officials on both sides of the border have been talking about plans to sell the U.S. on a different approach: "Buy North American."

  Economy

  Nov 16, 2020
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• Canada’s unilateral ban on single-use plastics would go against spirit of CUSMA: critics

  The Washington-based Plastics Industry Association added its voice this week to a chorus of complaints about the proposal to ban some single use plastics.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2020