News on NAFTA

U.S. lawmakers launch push to repeal NAFTA

2010-03-04T13:46:24Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small group of U.S. lawmakers unveiled legislation on Thursday to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement in the latest sign of congressional disillusionment with free-trade deals.</p><p>The bill spearheaded by Rep. Gene Taylor, a Mississippi Democrat, would require ...

The Costs of Importing a Car Into Canada

2010-02-23T02:13:18Z

Shipping a car to Canada from the US isn?t much of an issue. However, as we get a larger and more universal used car market, you might run into a customer from ?north of the 49th.? Here are some of the financial issues of getting a car over the border.<br><br>Duties are not an issue if the car was primarily made in Reuters) - A group of U.S. senators urged President Barack Obama Monday to back legislation requiring the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and a long list of other trade pacts they blame for millions of lost U.S. manufacturing jobs.</p><p&...

U.S. requests talks with Mexico over tuna dispute

2010-02-24T08:50:06Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday sought formal talks with Mexico to settle a spat between the neighbors over which international body should hear a complaint about "dolphin-safe" tuna.</p><p>In March, Mexico filed a Washington's "Buy American" provisions but a swift resolution to the trade dispute is unlikely, Canadian Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Monday.</p><p>"We've made some headway," Day said after talks with his US and Mexican counterparts at a United States, Mexico and Canada agreed Monday to look into streamlining regulatory differences to boost trade under the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).</p><p>The move was part of a workplan for enhancing "competitiveness, strengthe...

US, Mexico, Canada to hold talks on NAFTA

2010-02-24T18:22:19Z

<div><p>Top trade officials from the United States, Mexico and Canada were to meet in Dallas, Texas Monday to discuss trade, labor and environmental issues under the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).</p&...

Protests, heavy security mark North America summit

2010-02-25T22:28:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Marchers protest amid heavy security at summit of leaders from US, Mexico and Canada</div><div><p>About 400 people marched outside the North American Leaders Summit on Sunday to protest the negative affects of free trade and to demand benefits for retired Mexican laborers who wo...

MEXICO-SUMMIT-SPP-SECURITY

2009-08-14T06:59:14Z

Members of the Mexican army patrol the area in front of the hotel where US President Barack Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be staying in Guadalajara, Mexico on August...

The Basics of Shipping Products Overseas

2010-02-25T22:56:12Z

The overseas marketplace can be a highly lucrative business market. Many small businesses tend to stay clear of the overseas market because they are not familiar with the shipping process. When a business acquires knowledge about shipping products overseas, they will find it is much easier to tap into a huge market.<br><br>Shipping product overseas has a number of different features then regular domestic shipping. In order to take advantage of the overseas market, ...

Many U.S. House Democrats want trade policy revamp

2010-02-26T17:06:23Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political pressure grew on President Barack Obama to reconsider pending trade deals with Panama, Colombia and South Korea as over 100 lawmakers called on Wednesday for a mas...

Mexican truckers sue U.S. government over ban

2010-02-27T03:22:35Z

<div><p>MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican truckers are suing the United States for $6 billion over Washington's refusal to allow Mexican haulers onto its roads as required under the NAFTA trad...

Trade rep: Stronger NAFTA without renegotiation

2010-03-02T11:00:41Z

<div id="subtitle">US trade official says NAFTA can be improved without reopening agreement</div><div><p>Softening President Barack Obama's campaign-year trade rhetoric, the top U.S. trade official said the administration can strengthen provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreeme...

Mexican tariffs on 89 US products take effect

2010-03-03T14:00:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Mexico slaps tariffs on 89 US products as US ends cross-border trucking program</div><div><p>U.S. officials are assessing the cost of new Mexican tariffs that take effect Thursday in retaliation for a U.S. decision to cancel a cross-border program that gave Mexican truckers access to their northern neighbor's highways.</p><p>The tariffs affect about $...

Obama to ease fears over protectionism: aide

2010-03-01T17:25:13Z

<div><p>US President Barack Obama will try to ease concerns over US protectionism when he visits Canada later this week, a senior White House official said.</p><p>Speaking two days before Obama embarks on his first overseas ...

Protest for a revision of the North American Free Trade Agreement in Mexico City

2009-03-15T10:20:05Z

Thousands of demonstratos rally the streets of Mexico City, Mexico, 30 January 2009, as a protest and demand to President Felipe Calderon to make an economic path change and a revision of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as offered by the Obama mention of reopening NAFTA, stress on labor, environment accords</div><div><p>Mexico's president said Tuesday that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama did not mention reopening the North American Free Trade Agreement when the two met, but did stress the nee...

Obama and Mexican President meet in Washington

2010-03-02T22:26:09Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama meets with Mexican president Calderon to discuss NAFTA, border security, immigration</div><div><p>President elect Barack Obama said Monday that his administration will begin work immediately to strengthen the U.S.-Mexico relationship.</p><p>He chara...

Obama signals major shift in US trade policy

2010-03-01T00:31:11Z

<div><p>President-elect Barack Obama has signaled a major shift in US trade policy with a new emphasis on enforceable environmental and labor standards to prevent a "race to the bottom."</p><p>But while these progressive policies may satisfy some critics, they could further complicate stalled WTO negotiations and serve as an excuse for greater protectionism as the Mexico gives Richardson warm welcome, doubts NAFTA will be re-negotiated</div><div><p>President-elect Barack Obama's pick for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson, got a warm welcome Thursday duri...