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 […]
Take my NAFTA, please: As Pelosi riffs, questions abound on fate of trade deal
James McCarten The Canadian Press – December 12, 2018 WASHINGTON — North of the border, Canada’s hard-won free-trade deal with the United States and Mexico is considered a matter of existential importance, heavy with implications for workers, businesses and governments of all political stripes. For Nancy Pelosi, it’s a punchline. The California Democrat has been […]
Inside the USMCA deal: How homemade brisket and a last-minute concession brought relief
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday she warned at the start of the trade talks last year there would be moments of drama: ‘And there have been’ Tom Blackwell – Financial Post October 1, 2018 On a pressure-filled weekend fuelled by multiple fast-food runs, it was a welcome respite. As a small, elite team […]
