Insights and Stories on Free Trade

U.S. farm group targets Trump with free-trade ads

Mar. 13, 2018 at 8:08 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — A farm lobbying group is spending US$500,000 to air television ads on channels near U.S. President Donald Trump’s home in Florida to encourage free trade, with the group worried recent metal tariffs could result in retaliation against U.S. agricultural goods. Farmers for Free Trade, a bipartisan […]

Trade bloc Mercosur, Canada launch talks for trade deal

Mar. 9, 2018 at 12:14 pm CST

By Reuters

Asia-Pacific nations sign sweeping trade deal without U.S.

Mar. 8, 2018 at 4:50 pm CST

By Dave Sherwood Felipe Iturrieta

Canada sticks to measured tack in U.S. trade row

Mar. 7, 2018 at 9:10 pm CST

By Andrea Hopkins

Steel shock drives wedge into sluggish NAFTA talks

Mar. 1, 2018 at 7:33 pm CST

By Dave Graham David Ljunggren

Amid fresh Trump tension, negotiators seek NAFTA progress

Feb. 26, 2018 at 4:48 pm CST

Mexico City | Reuters — U.S., Mexican and Canadian negotiators met on Monday seeking to narrow disagreements on how to overhaul the NAFTA trade deal despite renewed signs of tension between Mexico and U.S. President Donald Trump over his planned border wall. The trade teams began a seventh round of […]

By Anthony Esposito Sharay Angulo

Canada to seek Mercosur trade pact amid NAFTA uncertainty

Feb. 16, 2018 at 7:26 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government plans to open free trade talks with the four-nation Mercosur trading bloc in South America, an official said on Friday, at a time when the future of NAFTA is facing increasing uncertainty. Canada sends around 75 per cent of its goods exports to […]

By David Ljunggren

Dairy farmers get no assurances on NAFTA

Feb. 9, 2018 at 11:21 pm CST

Dairy farmers are seeking assurances there would be no more access to Canada’s dairy market in a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement — but Lawrence MacAulay, Canada’s minister of agriculture and agri-food, would not provide them. “Because of the NAFTA negotiations going on, we have to be careful what […]

By John Greig

Trudeau talks tough on NAFTA, repeats he could walk away

Feb. 2, 2018 at 6:25 pm CST

Nanaimo, B.C. | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a tough line on NAFTA on Friday, repeating that he could walk away if he was not happy with talks to modernize a pact the U.S. contends needs major changes. “The negotiations are complex and challenging … I’ve said […]

By Kevin Light

Trudeau says doesn’t think Trump will pull U.S. out of NAFTA

Jan. 31, 2018 at 2:47 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he did not think U.S. President Donald Trump would pull out of NAFTA, despite slow progress at negotiations to update the US$1.2 trillion trade pact. Trudeau’s comments were among the most positive made by any Canadian official since […]