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U.S. wants NAFTA five-year sunset provision

By David Lawder, GFM Network News September 14, 2017

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday that the United States was seeking to add a five-year sunset provision to the North American Free Trade Agreement to provide a regular, “systematic re-examination” of the trade pact. Ross told a forum hosted by Politico that both he and U.S. Trade Representative Robert

Markets

Sharp differences over labour surface at NAFTA trade talks

By Dave Graham, GFM Network News, Sharay Angulo September 4, 2017

Mexico City | Reuters — Tensions over sharp differences in pay between Mexican workers and their Canadian and U.S. counterparts surfaced on Sunday as negotiators discussed labour market rules in talks to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement. Canada’s biggest private-sector union said NAFTA should be scrapped if Mexico cannot agree to better labour

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer, Va. on Aug. 21, 2017. (Video screengrab from WhiteHouse.gov)

Markets

Mexico, Canada dismiss Trump threats to scrap NAFTA

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News August 23, 2017

Mexico City/Ottawa | Reuters — Mexico and Canada on Wednesday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to scrap NAFTA, describing it as a negotiating tactic designed to gain an advantage during talks to update one of the world’s biggest trading blocs. In comments that initially pushed Mexico’s peso currency down by more than one per

Markets

NAFTA negotiators hone in on origin rules, dispute settlement

By Anthony Esposito, David Ljunggren, GFM Network News August 18, 2017

Washington | Reuters — U.S., Canadian and Mexican negotiators on Friday began digging into some of the thorniest issues in modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement, including rules of origin for goods produced in the region, services trade and a controversial dispute settlement system. A copy of the NAFTA negotiating agenda obtained by Reuters

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U.S. takes tough lines as NAFTA negotiations begin

By Anthony Esposito, David Ljunggren, GFM Network News August 16, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The United States drew a hard line for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement on Wednesday, demanding major concessions aimed at slashing U.S. trade deficits with Mexico and Canada and boosting U.S. content for autos. At the start of talks in Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser, Robert

Livestock

Canada, Mexico urge quick NAFTA talks to end uncertainty

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News, Lesley Wroughton July 20, 2017

Washington/Ottawa | Reuters — Top Canadian and Mexican diplomats expressed optimism on Thursday that a NAFTA deal could be reached early next year and cautioned that widespread uncertainty over the future of the three-way trade agreement had slowed business investment. Mexican sources say the plan is to hold seven rounds of talks at three-week intervals,

Dairy cattle, Livestock

NAFTA dispute resolution mechanism critical, Canada says

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News July 18, 2017

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada believes it is critical for NAFTA to have a dispute resolution mechanism, a senior official said on Tuesday, setting up a potential clash with Washington when talks to renegotiate the pact begin. The U.S. on Monday released its goals for the talks, which aim to update an agreement that came

Livestock

U.S. makes lower trade deficit priority in NAFTA talks

By David Lawder, GFM Network News, Lesley Wroughton July 17, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Monday launched the first salvo in the renegotiation of the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), saying its top priority for the talks was shrinking the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and Mexico. In a much-anticipated document sent to lawmakers, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said

Crops

U.S. proposes cutting biofuels requirements due to ‘market realities’

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw July 6, 2017

New York | Reuters — The U.S. government on Wednesday proposed reducing the volumes of biofuel required to be used in gasoline and diesel in 2018, in a move that could mark the first step towards a broader overhaul to the controversial energy policy. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal marked a slight decline

Japan’s Imperial Palace and Nijubashi Bridge, in Tokyo. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Markets

EU, Japan officials seal trade agreement

By GFM Network News July 5, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — Japan and the European Union should agree on Thursday to a free trade pact that could be completed within months, after senior officials removed final snags to a political deal intended as a signal to U.S. President Donald Trump. “We ironed out the few remaining differences,” European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom

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U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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U.S. wants NAFTA five-year sunset provision

Sharp differences over labour surface at NAFTA trade talks

Mexico, Canada dismiss Trump threats to scrap NAFTA

NAFTA negotiators hone in on origin rules, dispute settlement

U.S. takes tough lines as NAFTA negotiations begin

Canada, Mexico urge quick NAFTA talks to end uncertainty

NAFTA dispute resolution mechanism critical, Canada says

U.S. makes lower trade deficit priority in NAFTA talks

U.S. proposes cutting biofuels requirements due to ‘market realities’

EU, Japan officials seal trade agreement

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