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North America Free Trade Agreement | US-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Nafta betrayal points to bleak future for US-Canada relationship
30-Aug-2018 The Guardian
Canadians feel stabbed in the back by Mexico after it agreed a separate trade deal with Trump.
Trump’s trade deal with Mexico gives workers more rights than NAFTA. But there’s a catch
30-Aug-2018 Vox
When NAFTA was signed, it included labor protections for workers in all three countries. But labor complaints filed through the NAFTA labor dispute process have led nowhere.
Statement on NAFTA’s “Kafkaesque” turn
29-Aug-2018 Institute for Public Accuracy
Not only the negotiations have not been finalized, and without Canada, but the texts remain hidden from the public.
New NAFTA could include tough intellectual property laws that Canada fought against in TPP
29-Aug-2018 Global News
The new trade deal reached between the US and Mexico contains a myriad of rules and tariffs, and among them include tougher rules on copyright and intellectual property.
Biologic drugs would get 10 years of data protection under revised US-Mexico trade deal
28-Aug-2018 Pharmaceutical Commerce
The 10-year span is more than what had existed before but the biopharma industry has long argued for the same 12-year exclusivity that exists for biologics within the US market.
Trump announces ’incredible’ trade deal with Mexico
27-Aug-2018 BBC
The US and Mexico have reached common ground on key trade terms as pressure mounts to complete renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
US and Mexico put off NAFTA talks until Wednesday, autos eyed
22-Aug-2018 Reuters
Rules of origin for autos is really a “bilateral” issue between Mexico and the United States because Canada was relatively comfortable with the original US proposal.
Mexico President-elect’s oil stance complicates Nafta talks
22-Aug-2018 Bloomberg
Some in Lopez Obrador’s team are said to want energy excluded. Negotiators concerned backtracking on oil could derail talks.
US drops agriculture demand from NAFTA talks: Mexico farm lobby
20-Aug-2018 Reuters
The United States has dropped a contentious demand from the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement to impose restrictions on Mexican agricultural exports.
Mexico unsure if it will finish NAFTA talks with US in August
16-Aug-2018 Reuters
Mexico’s economy minister said that Mexico and the United States may not meet an August goal to finish bilateral talks to revamp the NAFTA trade deal, which is beset by disagreements over automobile trade rules and other issues.
US and Mexico target Nafta cars deal by end of week
9-Aug-2018 Bloomberg
Canada is said to prepare to rejoin talks as soon as next week. Mexican ministers are in Washington for third week in a row.
Mexico touts progress in NAFTA talks with US, but toughest issues remain
6-Aug-2018 Reuters
Negotiators for Mexico and the United States have reached agreement on about 20 topics during talks to revamp NAFTA, Mexico’s economy minister said, although he conceded that some of the thorniest issues remained unresolved.
Mexico’s historic election: A labor perspective
1-Aug-2018 TJA
The recent election in Mexico is a referendum on the global reaction to the neoliberal assaults accompanying trade deals like NAFTA and TPP. Listen to this webinar with Manuel Perez-Rocha and Héctor de la Cueva
NAFTA deal by August?
31-Jul-2018 Council of Canadians
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is said to believe a deal is possible before the end of August.
Mexico, US agree to speed NAFTA talks toward August deal
27-Jul-2018 Reuters
Mexico and the United States agreed to step up talks on updating the NAFTA trade deal in hopes of reaching an agreement on major issues by August.
Mexico, Canada stress common front in NAFTA talks
26-Jul-2018 AP
Mexican and Canadian officials said that talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement will remain a three-way negotiation, despite suggestions by US President that he might pursue separate trade deals with both countries.
Freeland calls for NAFTA review of “unfair and illegal” US solar panel tariff
24-Jul-2018 iPolitics
Canadian Foreign affairs minister is asking for a NAFTA review into what she calls “unfair and illegal” 30 per cent American tariffs imposed on Canada’s solar panel manufacturers.
Mexican leftist appeals to ’anti-establishment’ Trump, seeks NAFTA deal
24-Jul-2018 Reuters
Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent US President Donald Trump a letter urging a swift end to NAFTA negotiations
US trade deals mean justice for some, not justice for all
18-Jul-2018 AFL-CIO
Those with the means to become international wheeler-dealers can access ISDS. The rest of us have to rely on public courts—the same ones that investors say are “inadequate” to handle their needs. That’s not fair, and that’s not right.
Mexico’s landslide election: A labor perspective
12-Jul-2018 The Action Network
Trade justice alliance webinar on Sunday 15 July