NAFTA

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is to meet American and Mexican officials in Mexico City on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, amid reports a deal to revise the new North American free-trade agreement is close to completion.

Whether or not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffles her to a new cabinet post on Wednesday, Chrystia Freeland's imprint on Canada's foreign policy will remain visible for some time to come, analysts suggest.

The most powerful Democrat in the United States Congress says she believes lawmakers on Capitol Hill could vote on the new North American free-trade agreement before the end of the year.

As the three main political parties continue courting votes from middle-class families, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau surrounded himself with children on Monday, September 16, 2019, and promised help for parents who need more child care before and after regular school hours.

A joint NAFTA panel has given the United States three months to rethink its tariffs on imported Canadian softwood lumber but the saga for Canada's troubled softwood companies is far from over.

The Conservatives' former leader doesn't agree with the current leader's assertion that Canada got taken to the cleaners by Donald Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna signed a vehicle-emissions agreement with California on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, that the state's governor and auto industry experts see as a signal that Canada is going to side with California in a U.S. dispute over emissions standards.

Justin Trudeau's meeting with Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, June 20, 2019, is set to be a deal-making session that could turn on an exchange of favours on North American trade and the plight of two imprisoned Canadians in China.

Mexico's ambassador to Canada says his country will formally ratify the new North American trade deal within the next two weeks after having overcome its latest tariff drama with the United States by then.

Andrew Scheer is promising that a Conservative government would negotiate a deal to eliminate trade barriers among Canada's provinces.

Canada's trade minister is endorsing a European Union plan to set up an alternative to the World Trade Organization's appeals panel, in case a U.S. refusal to appoint new members paralyzes it by the end of the year.

President Donald Trump says he has enough Democratic support to ratify the new North American free-trade pact despite his feud with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Democrat who controls the agenda in the House of Representatives.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada has kept its privileged access to the U.S. market even as the new North American trade deal hangs in the balance.

The Trudeau government is promising billions of dollars to compensate dairy, egg and poultry farmers hurt by Canada's recent free-trade agreements — industries concentrated in vote-rich Quebec and Ontario.

The push for the speedy passage of the new NAFTA is getting a boost from a big advertising campaign in the United States.