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U.S. ‘very, very close’ to moving ahead on Mexico trade deal without Canada, Trump adviser says

... to move forward on its trade deal with Mexico without... a deal to update the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the United States... puzzled.” Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia...
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With no ‘good’ NAFTA deal in sight, Canada should take the ‘good enough’ deal

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is back in Washington... a deal for a revised North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA . There’s mounting pressure for Canada to sign but Freeland...
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Potential NAFTA collapse poses major risk to Canada, conference board warns

... quarter next year if the North American Free Trade Agreement collapses, and the drag. be extended if an automobile trade war emerges, according to... forecast. Failing to renew the...
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Let it flow: U.S. winemakers say no NAFTA without Canada

Add American winemakers to the list... Trump’s threat to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement in favour of a bilateral deal with Mexico. American vintners — whose sales...
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NAFTA deal unlikely this week, sources say, raising fears of Trump tariffs

... amid Donald Trump’s threat to freeze Canada out. Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland spoke briefly to reporters... entering a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, saying... the Office...
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Trudeau under growing pressure at home to get NAFTA deal done

... bad deal. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will hold fresh talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in... to impose tariffs on autos....
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Time running out to reach NAFTA deal, U.S. congressman says in sharp warning to Canada

... a deal done on the North American Free Trade Agreement. House of Representatives majority... on board with the bilateral agreement in principle negotiated last... for a fair and high standard...
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China raises tariffs on $60B of U.S. goods in technology fight

... followed a warning by an American business group that a... increase is aimed at curbing trade friction and the unilateralism... jointly safeguard the principle of free trade and the...
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Chrystia Freeland to return to Washington this week to resume high-level NAFTA talks

... bring Canada into a revised North American Free Trade Agreement. The renewed effort comes... done. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday that she and U.S. Trade Representative Robert...
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China vows counter-measures to U.S. tariff hike

... of Chinese imports and an American business group warned a downward spiral in their trade battle appears certain. The... a $60 billion list of American goods for retaliation. The......
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Rethinking our global ambitions, starting with the ‘call to action’ that is the TPP: Kevin Carmichael

... been actively global, ” the new trade minister said as he... now the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership, apparently... country’s first minister of International Trade Diversification, and not...
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Trump ratchets up tariff talk as key week looms for trade

... do not agree to his trade demands will be “tariffed, ”... the negotiations say could scuttle trade talks that are planned... Beijing does not change its trade practices and has...
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U.S.-Canada NAFTA talks are poised to come to a head this week

U.S. Canada trade talks are poised to... to remain in the three nation North American Free Trade Agreement, a Canadian government official... in NAFTA’s Chapter 19. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer...
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Plenty of players and cards still on table in NAFTA game

... on talks to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement. But as his administration... deal with Mexico. Meanwhile, any agreement Trump signs then requires... designed to reduce the U.S....
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‘Buyer beware’: European cheesemakers complain Canada not importing all the cheese it said it would under trade deal

TORONTO/BRUSSELS — A trade deal meant to give... Under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement CETA with the European.. agreed to more than double tariff free imports of cheese over......
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Who has leverage at the NAFTA table? Hint, it isn’t just Donald Trump

... on talks to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement. But as his administration... designed to reduce the U.S. trade deficit, especially the large... that he’ll sign a new...
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Canada plans competitiveness boost but no broad tax cut

... the potential termination of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Major economies around the... PwC Canada that said lower American taxes threaten to reduce... per cent and mirroring an...
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Canada planning measures to boost competitiveness, but no broad tax cut for business

... the potential termination of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Major economies around the... PwC Canada that said lower American taxes threaten to reduce... per cent and mirroring an...
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Canada is ready to allow U.S. dairy access in NAFTA talks, sources say

... in negotiations to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement, two Canadian sources with... at the White House that trade talks with Canada were... to make a deal. Chrystia...
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Here’s the one Ottawa policy in NAFTA that even Canadian farmers think is unfair

... agricultural policy that unfairly penalizes American wheat could give Canada... is Canada’s system for grading American wheat imports — or... the Canada Grain Act, all American wheat delivered to...