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Canada says NAFTA officials in constant contact on trade talks

May. 22, 2018 at 6:53 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Top U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials are in constant contact about slow-moving talks to revitalize NAFTA and are ready to meet at any time to push the process forwards, Canada’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Negotiations to update the North American Free Trade Agreement have stalled […]

Deere plans price increases to offset rising costs

May. 21, 2018 at 1:53 am CDT

By Rajesh Kumar Singh

NAFTA nations ‘nowhere near’ a deal, USTR says

May. 17, 2018 at 6:54 pm CDT

By David Lawder Jonathan Spicer

U.S. pushing for NAFTA deal ahead of Thursday deadline

May. 16, 2018 at 6:57 pm CDT

By David Lawder Doina Chiacu

NAFTA ‘hot topics’ said unresolved as deal deadline looms

May. 14, 2018 at 7:53 pm CDT

By David Lawder

Negotiators fail to reach NAFTA deal

May. 11, 2018 at 4:20 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Senior U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials on Friday ended a week of talks without a deal to modernize NAFTA, agreeing instead to resume negotiations soon, ahead of a deadline next week issued by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan. The failure to secure a quick […]

By Anthony Esposito David Ljunggren

Tinder dry conditions in Manitoba heighten fire risk

May. 11, 2018 at 3:17 pm CDT

The next time the reeve of the RM of Stuartburn has something to say about wildfire risks in rural Manitoba, people are bound to pay attention. A longtime advocate for better cell and emergency communications services for his region, Jim Swidersky witnessed first hand just how devastating a wildfire can […]

By Lorraine Stevenson

Ryan sets May 17 deadline for NAFTA deal

May. 11, 2018 at 4:54 am CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan has set a May 17 deadline to be notified of a new NAFTA trade deal to give the current Congress a chance of passing it, while Mexico’s top trade official on Thursday said time was running short to meet such a […]

By Anthony Esposito David Ljunggren

Some Indian trader, farmer groups decry Walmart’s Flipkart deal

May. 10, 2018 at 6:40 pm CDT

New Delhi | Reuters — A day after U.S. retail giant Walmart struck its largest deal with a big ticket investment in Indian online marketplace Flipkart, a right-wing Hindu group that fears small traders will suffer staged a protest in New Delhi calling for the deal to be scrapped. Walmart […]

By Aditi Shah Manoj Kumar

El Nino pattern could emerge by 2018-19 winter

May. 10, 2018 at 4:40 pm CDT

Reuters — The El Nino weather pattern, associated with warmer and wetter weather than usual that may give rise to damaging conditions, could emerge by the 2018-19 Northern Hemisphere winter, with neutral conditions expected to prevail through November this year, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The last […]

By Reuters