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Mercedes, Nissan to Ramp Up U.S. Investment After New NAFTA Deal…

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Mercedes-Benz and Nissan plan to invest more in the U.S. after the Trump administration won a new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico that requires more of each vehicle to be built in North America, by higher-paid workers, the Financial Times reported. Under the terms of the deal to update the North American Free Trade […]

New North American Trade Deal Has Bad News for Canadian Copyright…

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Trade Representative announced a replacement deal for the North American Free Trade Agreement, the nearly 25-year-old trade deal between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Amid the long list of tariff-free products and restriction-free cheese names [PDF] in the new trade deal, called simply the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement or USMCA, […]

Steelworkers Union: USMCA Labor Protections Much Stronger than NAFTA or TPP…

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The new United States Mexico Canada Agreement, which will replace the North America Free Trade Agreement, is an improvement on its predecessor and on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the failed attempt at a multilateral trade agreement rejected by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office. “In the area of workers’ rights, the draft text we […]

MASSIVE WIN – NAFTA Loophole Closed – Canada and Mexico Agree to U.S. Approval Authority of *ANY* Future Trade Agreements with Third Parties…

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The U.S. now has veto authority over any trade deal made by Canada and/or Mexico with third parties. This is what Ambassador Lighthizer described as the “Third pillar”. Last year, despite the inevitability of it, we didn’t think Canada and Mexico would agree to it. The NAFTA loophole was/is a zero-sum issue: Either Can/Mex agree […]

Joint U.S-Canada Statement on Trade Agreement – USMCA…

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“Today, Canada and the United States reached an agreement, alongside Mexico, on a new, modernized trade agreement for the 21st Century: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). USMCA will give our workers, farmers, ranchers and businesses a high-standard trade agreement that will result in freer markets, fairer trade and robust economic growth in our region. It […]

Report: Canada Comfortable Resisting Trump by Intentionally Missing Trade Negotiation Timeline…

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According to a CBC article citing a “Senior Canadian Official”, the Trudeau government is completely “comfortable” missing an October 1st deadline to join the U.S-Mexico trade alliance: …”The source who spoke to CBC News on background, due to the sensitivity of the talks, said the external political pressure “is not a good enough reason,” for […]

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