Trade negotiators plan to take small steps forward in a second round of talks to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) this weekend, trying to ignore daily threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to tear it up if he does not get his way.
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CETA – Confirmed Implementation Date/Origin Quotas
September 20, 2017
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Origin Quotas – Notices to importers and exporters
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act received Royal Assent on May 16, 2017 and will be provisionally applied on September 21, 2017.
NAFTA negotiators encounter early sticking points on visas, supply management and other issues
September 20, 2017
Negotiators have run into a series of early sticking points on nearly every major element considered key to achieving a new NAFTA agreement, The Canadian Press has learned.
Canada to host NAFTA Round 3 in Ottawa
September 20, 2017
After an intense round of talks in Mexico, NAFTA negotiations are set to advance to a third round in Ottawa later this month.
CBC News has learned the next session will take place Sept. 23-27, when serious horse-trading is expected to begin, according to an official close to the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Removing a softwood trade splinter
September 13, 2017
A handful of government officials representing the timber producing Canadian provinces met in Washingto...to encourage a “negotiated solution” to the long-simmering softwood lumber trade dispute between the United States and Canada.
But the officials warned that the Canadian provinces are also “prepared to proceed with litigation on all fronts if a fair solution cannot be achieved.”