Canada

“[T]his task force can help our global efforts to combat forced labor -- but only if it actually exists.”

Commerce Secretary Ross called the plan “another affirmation of our commitment to use all available tools to combat circumvention and evasion of duties.”

The White House on Tuesday formed an interagency committee to help facilitate the enforcement and monitoring of labor obligations outlined in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The Trump administration on Friday notified Congress that the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will enter into force on July 1.

The U.S. is opposing Canada’s plan to seek retaliation in a World Trade Organization dispute over U.S. countervailing duties on supercalendered paper, arguing that the Appellate Body report is not valid and normal adoption and retaliation procedures do not apply.

Top officials from the U.S., Mexico and Canada are racing to implement the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Mexican Economy Minister Graciela Márquez Colín said on Wednesday, adding that a teleconference on how best to continue those efforts would be held the same day.

President Trump’s decision to halt travel from many European countries in response to the coronavirus pandemic will hinder services trade between the two countries, analysts tell Inside U.S. Trade.

Business associations and a key Democratic lawmaker are assessing how a June 1 entry-into-force date for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement might be achieved as U.S. companies face a rash of challenges related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Canadian Senate on Friday voted to approve U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement implementing legislation without amendment, advancing the bill more quickly than expected in part due to COVID-19 concerns.