U.S. President Trump threatens auto tariffs against Canada if trade talks fail
OTTAWA – Donald Trump launched a fresh auto-tariff threat against Canada late Friday at a time when Ottawa finds itself in a holding pattern on NAFTA negotiations as it awaits the completion of...
View ArticleTrump suggests Canada has been sidelined from latest NAFTA negotiations
OTTAWA – U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting Canada has deliberately been left on NAFTA’s sidelines as one-on-one talks heat up between Washington and Mexico. For four straight weeks, U.S. trade...
View ArticleU.S. to impose anti-dumping duties of 24% plus on Canadian-made pipes
WASHINGTON – The United States has opened a new battleground in its trade war with the world, announcing preliminary anti-dumping duties on large-diameter welded pipe from Canada and five other...
View ArticleNAFTA progress doesn’t stop Freeland from heading to Europe on diplomatic trip
RICHMOND – Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will be travelling to Europe next week on a diplomatic mission that’s raising questions about whether Canada expects to return to the bargaining...
View ArticleCanada not waiting for US and Mexico to talk trade with Europe
RICHMOND (NEWS1130) – As she waits for isolated talks between the US and Mexico to wrap up, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister plans to meet with European trade negotiators. Chrystia Freeland says next...
View ArticleForeign Minister Freeland not concerned about NAFTA talks
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is brushing off concern over a trip to Europe she will set off on next week, raising questions about whether Canada expects to return...
View ArticleTrump says U.S. is close to final trade deal with Mexico
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump says the United States is close to a “big Trade Agreement” with Mexico and he’s citing improving ties between the two countries. Trump says on Twitter the...
View ArticleCanada’s NAFTA waiting game enters new week as US and Mexico work on differences
OTTAWA – The hurry-up-and-wait uncertainty surrounding Canada’s return to the NAFTA talks is entering a new week as Ottawa’s partners in the trilateral deal push forward with their one-on-one...
View ArticleFacing new pressures, Canadian negotiators re-enter trade talks with US, Mexico
WASHINGTON – Top members of Canada’s negotiating team are making an abrupt return to the NAFTA table in Washington where they’re already facing stiff pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to join a...
View ArticleFreeland sits down with U.S. negotiators for tough NAFTA talks
WASHINGTON – Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is in high-stakes meetings with her U.S. counterpart this morning in Washington as part of an accelerated search for areas of compromise to...
View ArticleU.S. International Trade Commission overturns Canadian newsprint duties
The U.S. International Trade Commission has overturned duties imposed on Canadian newsprint by the U.S. Commerce Department earlier this year. The commission said imports of the paper product, part of...
View ArticleFreeland takes high road as explosive Trump comments detonate in Washington
WASHINGTON – With a Friday deadline looming, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is donning her best poker face as U.S. President Donald Trump’s blunt assessment of the NAFTA talks – spoken in...
View Article‘We’re not there yet’: Freeland pushes for NAFTA deal that is ‘good for...
WASHINGTON (NEWS 1130) – NAFTA negotiations have concluded for the long weekend without a deal, but Canada’s minister of foreign affairs believes a good one is still possible. Chrystia Freeland...
View ArticleTrump warns Congress not to ‘interfere’ with NAFTA negotiations
WASHINGTON D.C., – U.S. President Donald Trump is warning Congress not to interfere with his plans for a new North American Free Trade Agreement, lest he cancel the deal entirely. Congress must approve...
View ArticleTrump doesn’t always follow rules, so Canada needs NAFTA’s Chapter 19: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau branded Donald Trump a rule breaker in arguing Wednesday for Canada’s fight to preserve the dispute settlement chapter that the U.S. president wants shredded from the...
View ArticleFreeland to head back to Washington for high-level NAFTA negotiations
OTTAWA – Canada’s foreign affairs minister will be back in Washington for one more day of trade talks as the bid to save the North American Free Trade Agreement navigates the duelling schedules of its...
View ArticleFree-trade father figure Mulroney urges Ottawa to make a deal on NAFTA
WASHINGTON – Brian Mulroney says Canada needs to put a little more water in its milk if it expects to make a new NAFTA deal with a hard-bargaining U.S. president whose political fortunes depend heavily...
View ArticleChina vows ‘counter-measures’ to US tariff hike
BEIJING, China – China said Tuesday it will take “counter-measures” to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to raise tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports and an American business group warned a...
View ArticleU.S. congressman issues dire warning to Canada’s NAFTA team: time is running out
WASHINGTON – Republicans in the U.S. Congress are ratcheting up pressure on Canada to get a deal done on the North American Free Trade Agreement. House of Representatives majority whip Steve Scalise,...
View ArticleTrudeau says Canada wants to see ‘movement’ before signing revised NAFTA deal
WASHINGTON – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled today that Canada wants more from its negotiating partners before signing on to a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement. “We’ve been very...
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