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North American Free Trade Agreement
(In Trade)
May 02, 2019
May 02, 2019
“It is time for the ITC to develop the analytic tools capable of transparently exploring the complex distributional impacts of these economic arrangements.”
(Daily News)
May 01, 2019
May 01, 2019
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) on Wednesday released a side-by-side comparison of Mexico’s new labor reforms to the commitments the country made in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, touting the reforms as compliant with the deal and urging its passage.
(In Trade)
May 01, 2019
May 01, 2019
Toomey, in questions submitted for the record following a March hearing, asked “has your agency developed any internal legal documents to justify such a withdrawal attempt?”
(Daily News)
April 30, 2019
April 30, 2019
Democrats on Capitol Hill are calling the Mexican Senate's passage of a labor reform bill a step in the right direction as they continue to evaluate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, with enforcement still a key concern.
(Daily News)
April 30, 2019
April 30, 2019
President Trump used a meeting with Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to assess where they stood on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, according to participants who said they stressed the importance of enforceability during the brief discussion.
(In Trade)
April 30, 2019
April 30, 2019
“Exactly what labor leaders in the United States and Mexico have sought for decades.”
(In Trade)
April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019
“If these tariffs aren’t lifted, USMCA is dead.”
(Daily News)
April 25, 2019
April 25, 2019
“Well-known” flaws in NAFTA’s dispute settlement process are making some Democrats question whether to support the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a group of 25 lawmakers said this week.
(Daily News)
April 25, 2019
April 25, 2019
Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer beginning on Thursday, Japanese officials confirmed to Inside U.S. Trade, a day before Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with President Trump in Washington, DC.
(In Trade)
April 24, 2019
April 24, 2019
“The clock is ticking,” he said in Detroit, calling for the deal to be approved by Congress this year.
(Daily News)
April 23, 2019
April 23, 2019
Former congressional trade committee lawyers this week expressed little optimism that the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement would be ratified this year, with many questioning President Trump’s willingness to address Democratic concerns and ensure a vote before August recess.
(Daily News)
April 23, 2019
April 23, 2019
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is still insisting that Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 is a key enforcement mechanism for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s labor provisions, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters on Tuesday.
(Daily News)
April 22, 2019
April 22, 2019
Mexico's ambassador to the U.S. on Monday defended labor reform legislation required by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which is expected to pass the Mexican Senate this week, as sufficient to ease U.S. concerns with the country’s labor compliance, calling on Democrats to be clearer about what they need to back the deal.
(In Trade)
April 19, 2019
April 19, 2019
“I think that anybody who’s patriotic would take a look at that bill and want to vote for it, and that’s why if it gets to the floor, I think it will get the vast majority of Republican and Democratic votes.”
(Daily News)
April 19, 2019
April 19, 2019
A resolution to a dispute with Canada and Mexico over steel and aluminum tariffs is the administration’s top trade priority after the ongoing U.S.-China negotiations, which could lead to a deal as soon as next month, a senior USTR official said on Thursday.
(Daily News)
April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019
If “fully implemented and enforced,” the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will have a small but positive impact on U.S. GDP, with digital trade and automotive rule-of-origin provisions projected to have “the most significant effects,” the U.S. International Trade Commission says in its new analysis of the deal.
(Daily News)
April 17, 2019
April 17, 2019
House Ways & Means Democrats this week singled out a lack of “May 10” agreement language and a host of enforcement issues in questioning whether the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will lead to “meaningful” environmental improvements.
(In Trade)
April 16, 2019
April 16, 2019
John Murphy of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called the work “no easy task” and said it likely was “harder than it was with past trade agreements.”
(Daily News)
April 16, 2019
April 16, 2019
As U.S. and Japanese officials begin high-level trade talks this week, analysts are weighing the pros and cons of quickly concluding a bilateral deal -- a goal of some senior U.S. officials.
(In Trade)
April 15, 2019
April 15, 2019
“We need a trade policy that works for workers, not just the CEOs of large corporations.”