The Art of the Tariff: Trump's latest threat is right out of his negotiating playbook
Trump's promise to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico mimics his old strategy of using tariff threats as a negotiating tool.
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For the sake of both countries, the US and Canada need to keep their border open and reduce trade barriers during the pandemic
The US and Canada haven't tightened cross-border access for goods during the pandemic, but the two governments can do more to make trade flow easier.
IT'S OFFICIAL: Trump signs revised NAFTA, fulfilling campaign pledge as impeachment scandal unfolds
Trump said the agreement would boost growth in the US economy by 1.2%, a figure far above estimates in his own administration and elsewhere.
A GOP senator slammed Trump's NAFTA rewrite, saying it's 'the only trade pact ever meant to diminish trade'
"USMCA has a myriad of provisions to warm the hearts of protectionists," Toomey wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed article.
Trump's signature NAFTA rewrite could actually dampen US growth, new analysis finds
In a new analysis, the Peterson Institute for International Economics estimated the agreement would cause US growth to decline by 0.12%.
Nancy Pelosi bragged to Democrats that 'we ate their lunch' on Trump's NAFTA replacement deal
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated her party's work on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) this week.
Progressives slam Democrats for announcing their new trade deal with Trump an hour after they said they're bringing articles of impeachment
Behind closed doors, Pelosi insisted that Democrats had the upper hand in the trade deal and had outstrategized the GOP.
Democrats and White House announce NAFTA rewrite, giving Trump a win as his impeachment scandal rages
Trump made a pledge to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement a center of his campaign in 2016, calling it the "worst trade deal ever made."
Trump's new trade agreement has created a tricky political conundrum for Democrats wanting to show they're dealmakers
Centrist Democrats could vote for a trade agreement Trump will use to try and unseat them, or block a deal and undercut their image as dealmakers.
The CEO of a $33 billion company responsible for 90,000 jobs says it's time for Congress to pass the US-Mexico-Canada trade deal and protect the future of America's economy
Mike Roman, the CEO of 3M, says the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, is critical for the US economy and needs to be ratified by Congress.
Trump is getting closer to a win on a new NAFTA. But his Mexico tariff threats could undermine a deal.
After Trump threatened to hit Mexico with tariffs in an immigration fight this month, some wonder how effective a ratified USMCA would be.
Here’s why experts are worried that Trump’s trade war could trap the US economy in a downward recessionary spiral unlike most they’ve witnessed
Although Trump's tariffs on Mexico are designed to hurt the country's economy, they are likely going to backfire in an amplified way.
US car companies are trying to help Trump — but Trump keeps kicking them down
President Donald Trump is pushing his luck with his latest tariff threat against Mexico, which would hurt the US auto industry.
Trump's trade deal with Canada and Mexico is a huge win for Americans, and it's time for Congress to pass it
"It's time Congress put its partisan differences aside and come together to put Americans first by approving the USMCA," Phil Cox writes.
Trump is getting closer to a win on his major new trade deal with Canada and Mexico
The US, Canada, and Mexico are moving closer to finalizing a trade deal that would replace the 25-year old NAFTA.
Kamala Harris says Trump was right on NAFTA and that she wouldn't have voted for the trade deal
"I would not have voted for NAFTA because I believe we can do a better job to protect American workers," Harris said during a CNN interview on Sunday.
A top GOP senator warns that Trump's massive trade deal with Canada and Mexico is 'dead' unless the president reverses his tariffs
"If these tariffs aren't lifted, USMCA is dead. There is no appetite in Congress to debate USMCA with these tariffs in place," Grassley said.
A report on Trump's NAFTA overhaul found that it's not going to do much for the economy
A North American Free Trade Agreement overhaul that was rolled out last year would have a positive but modest impact on the economy, the International Trade Commission said Thursday.
4 months after sealing a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada, Trump begins attempt to win over Congress
"They don’t think they're going to have enough votes on their side obviously to pass it. They don’t," Pascrell added.
A top Republican senator says Democratic 'resistance' means there's no path forward for Trump's new trade deal with Mexico and Canada
"So it’s not clear to me what the path forward is," Toomey said. "As I’ve warned the administration, there’s a lot of resistance from Democrats."