U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

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Feds cancel some flights to avoid firewall between U.S.-Canada border

The federal Liberal government imposed its own limits on incoming flights from overseas on Friday, March 13, 2020, — nothing as severe as Donald Trump's ban on foreign nationals arriving from Europe, but enough to signal to the United States that it need not erect a viral firewall along the Canada-U.S. border.

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By Mike Blanchfield & James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | March 14th 2020

President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi,

Trump acquitted, declares success for scorched-earth politics

President Donald Trump declared his scorched-earth political style an unmitigated success on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, in a fiercely partisan, made-for-TV state of the union speech that made it clear he expects to be back in the White House next year on the strength of the U.S. economy and his trade deals with Canada, Mexico and China.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | February 5th 2020

Trump paves way for debate in Canada

President Donald Trump signed off on Wednesday, January 30, 2020, on the new road map for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, clearing the way for the House of Commons to debate the merits of the next era of North American trade.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | January 29th 2020

Trump to sign new USMCA bill into law

Donald Trump will usher in the start of a new era in continental trade today, January 29, 2020, when he signs into law the American road map for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a long-sought, hard-fought trilateral deal sure to play a role in the embattled president's bid for re-election.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | January 29th 2020

Chrystia Freeland, Jesus Seade, Arturo Herrera, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador,

Chrystia Freeland signed a new NAFTA deal

Canada joined the United States and Mexico in heralding a new era of North American prosperity on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, as they formally agreed to changes to the new continental free trade deal.

By Lee Berthiaume | News, US News, Politics | December 10th 2019

Donald Trump, Enrique Pena Nieto, Justin Trudeau,

Freeland in Mexico to complete new NAFTA revisions

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.

By Lee Berthiaume | News, US News, Politics | December 10th 2019

Pelosi suggests passing of NAFTA 2.0 is 'imminent'

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.

By The Canadian Press | News, US News, Politics | November 15th 2019

Mexican ambassador to Canada, Juan Jose Gomez Camacho,

Mexican envoy says new NAFTA to get quick approval despite U.S. tariff threat

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.

By Mike Blanchfield | News, US News, Politics | June 7th 2019

With Trump's new tariff threats, new NAFTA once again hangs in the balance

Just as the fog of uncertainty shrouding North America's new trade deal was starting to lift, Canada found itself socked in again on Friday, May 31, 2019, after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly threatened Mexico with fresh tariffs tied to the influx of migrants at the southern border.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | June 1st 2019

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence,

Pence pledges solidarity, aligns freedom of Canadians held in China with trade

The United States will link the liberation of the two Canadians imprisoned by China to its free-trade talks with the People's Republic, U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence pledged on Thursday, May 30, 2019.

By Mike Blanchfield | News, US News, Politics | May 31st 2019

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