U.S. reaches deal with Canada, Mexico on revised USMCA trade pact
Adrian Morrow, The Globe & Mail December 10, 2019 The United States has reached a deal with Canada and Mexico to revise the new North American trade pact and satisfy demands from congressional Democrats, paving the way for ratification of U.S. President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority even as he faces impeachment. The deal for […]
Trump administration working with Democrats on USMCA ratification following months of deadlock
Adrian Morrow, Robert Fife, The Globe and Mail June 18, 2019 The Trump administration is working on a deal with congressional Democrats to ratify its overhauled trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, showing the first tentative signs of movement after months of deadlock. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told a hearing of the Senate finance […]
Canada, U.S. and Mexico reach deal to lift Trump administration’s steel and aluminium tariffs
Adrian Morrow, Lawrence Martin, Globe and Mail May 17, 2019 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland have scheduled an announcement in Hamilton Friday, where they are expected to announce a deal to lift the Trump administration’s steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Mr. Trudeau spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump […]
Freeland says Canada won’t reopen USMCA trade talks to address Democrat demands
Adrian Morrow, Globe and Mail April 4th, 2019Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada will not reopen trade talks to satisfy the demands of congressional Democrats, putting further pressure on the ratification process of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.President Donald Trump, meanwhile, is throwing another spanner in the works: He is threatening to levy tariffs on Mexican-made […]
Canadian ambassador to U.S. expects Trump will lift steel, aluminum tariffs in ‘next few weeks’
Adrian Morrow, The Globe and Mail February 21, 2019Ottawa’s ambassador to the United States says he is confident the Trump administration will lift tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum in “the next few weeks.”Ambassador David MacNaughton told a business forum in Washington on Thursday that he has been in talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert […]
U.S. demands more power over auto quotas ahead of USMCA signing
ADRIAN MORROW, U.S. CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON NOVEMBER 29, 2018 – Globe and Mail The Trump administration is pressing Mexican officials to give the United States the power to selectively punish automakers with plants in Mexico by making some companies subject to tariffs while exempting others, The Globe and Mail has learned. Industry sources in both countries […]
New Mexican trade secretary fears USMCA could face opposition in next U.S. Congress
STEPHANIE NOLEN, LATIN AMERICA CORRESPONDENT ERIC ATKINS ADRIAN MORROW, U.S. CORRESPONDENT MEXICO CITY, TORONTO, WASHINGTON Globe and Mail, OCTOBER 29, 2018 Mexico’s incoming trade chief says the new trilateral trade pact with the United States and Canada is far from a done deal, and that she is concerned it will not be passed in the […]
