Mexico has canceled existing sugar export permits to the United States in a dispute over the pace of shipments, according to a letter seen by Reuters, in a flare-up industry sources said could temporarily disrupt supplies. The letter sent by Mexico’s sugar chamber to mills on Monday partly blamed the situation on unfilled positions at […]
Mexico Begins Consultations to Set Parameters for Renegotiation of NAFTA…
Mexico will begin a formal 90-day process of consultations with the private sector to fix the parameters for renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States and Canada, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said Wednesday…
That Was Fast: Mexico Pulls Out of Trump Meeting…
MEXICAN PRESIDENT SAYS WILL NOT GO TO U.S. FOR MEETING WITH TRUMP…PENA NIETO INFORMED WHITE HOUSE THEY WON’T ATTEND US MEETING…Nieto decided to pull a Trump, and make the public statement from his own Twitter account…
Trump Threatens To Cancel Nieto NAFTA Meeting If Mexico “Is Unwilling To Pay For Wall”…
With Vicente Fox whining that Mexico “won’t pay for the f**king wall,” and Pena Nieto confirming “Mexico does not believe in walls,” President Trump just double-tweeted exactly how our southern border ‘friends’ will end up paying for the wall or else!…
Canada Given Advance Notice of Trump’s NAFTA Demands…
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, chosen by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to reshape U.S. trade policy, has informed Canada that rules of origin and independent dispute tribunals will be central to talks aimed at resetting the North American free-trade agreement…
Trump’s Showdown With Manufacturer Exposes Obama’s Weakness on Outsourcing…
1k Carrier Jobs Staying in the U.S….
Nine months ago the video of a plant-full of American workers getting the news that they were ‘fired’ due to Carrier International moving its air-conditioning plant from Indiana to Mexico…Today, the Trump team and United Technologies have reached an agreement on keeping close to 1,000 factory jobs at the Carrier plant in Indiana…
What Will Trump Do About The Fed, The Debt Ceiling, And Trade: His Key Economic Advisor Explains…
David Malpass, a Trump economic advisor, has been tasked with overseeing the transition for the Treasury Department and economic policy. Last month, Malpass addressed a group of economists and reporters in Washington, laying out the Trump’s economic vision ahead of his election…
The Revenge of Class and the Death of the Democratic Party…
The Democratic Party of my lifetime – the coalition of Wall St finance capital and identity-politics voters that arose during the 1980s and 90s – is dead. It has been killed, quite ironically, by the revenge of class politics – the kind once championed by the Democrats. Decades of economic misery…
Mexico and Canada Announce Willingness to Renegotiate NAFTA…
Donald Trump is not yet president, and yet within 24 hours of winning the election both Mexico (link) and Canada (link) announce they are willing to begin renegotiation’s of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)…