Insights and Stories on NAFTA

Steel shock drives wedge into sluggish NAFTA talks

Mar. 1, 2018 at 7:33 pm CST

Mexico City | Reuters — Negotiators trying to rework the NAFTA trade deal on Thursday were hit by the prospect of a battle over U.S. steel tariffs that could make it more complicated to build autos in North America, one of the most sensitive issues at the talks. U.S. President […]

Amid fresh Trump tension, negotiators seek NAFTA progress

Feb. 26, 2018 at 4:48 pm CST

By Anthony Esposito Sharay Angulo

Canada to seek Mercosur trade pact amid NAFTA uncertainty

Feb. 16, 2018 at 7:26 pm CST

By David Ljunggren

Dairy farmers get no assurances on NAFTA

Feb. 9, 2018 at 11:21 pm CST

By John Greig

Trudeau talks tough on NAFTA, repeats he could walk away

Feb. 2, 2018 at 6:25 pm CST

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 […]

By David Ljunggren

U.S. rejects proposals to unblock NAFTA, but will stay in talks

Jan. 29, 2018 at 3:47 pm CST

Montreal | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade chief on Monday dismissed Canadian proposals for unblocking NAFTA modernization talks but pledged to stay at the table, easing concerns about a potentially imminent U.S. withdrawal from the trilateral pact. Trump, who described the 1994 pact as a disaster that has […]

By Anthony Esposito David Lawder

At NAFTA talks, Canada hails jet case as victory for free trade

Jan. 26, 2018 at 10:08 pm CST

Montreal | Reuters — Canadian plane maker Bombardier won a major U.S. case on Friday, which government officials said showed the importance of free trade at a time when talks to modernize the NAFTA pact are moving slowly. A U.S. tribunal unexpectedly dismissed a complaint by Boeing against alleged dumping […]

By Anthony Esposito David Ljunggren

U.S. anti-trade agenda could benefit Canadian ag

Jan. 25, 2018 at 6:25 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — As U.S. President Donald Trump follows his “America first” policy and pulls out of trade deals, it could spell future opportunity for the Canadian agricultural industry, according to Dermot Hayes, a professor with the department of economics at Iowa State University. “In D.C. it’s chaotic. […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

NAFTA negotiations grind on

Jan. 25, 2018 at 2:13 pm CST

Montreal | Reuters — U.S. negotiators are holding firm in their demands for a wide-ranging overhaul of NAFTA, sources close to the talks said on Thursday, raising questions about whether any real movement is happening at the latest round of negotiations on the treaty. Officials from Canada, Mexico and the […]