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Here’s what to expect as crucial NAFTA talks between U.S., Canada and Mexico begin this week
September 1, 2017
Negotiations begin Wednesday among Mexico, Canada and the United States on a new trade deal that will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement
No one can predict if Canada will end up a winner, a loser or a mere bystander in the Trump administration’s drive to re-write cross-border trade rules to benefit American workers and industries.
EDC Export Performance Monitor, August 2017
September 1, 2017
Canadian merchandise exports for the month of June were down 4.3% following a three-month streak of record highs, effectively coming down to late-2016 levels, at $46.5 billion. The exports decline resulted from the combination of lower prices as well as volumes and were dragged mostly by lower exports to the US (-4.5%).
Canada's 10 NAFTA demands: A list of what Canada wants as talks start this week
September 1, 2017
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland released Canada's list of key demands ... for a new North American Free Trade Agreement as talks get set to begin in Washington later this week.
Freeland's list, which is much shorter than the U.S. wish list of more than 100 items, includes:
Are haircuts really becoming exportable?
September 1, 2017
Technology has transformed life in more ways than we can list. In just over a century, humans have learned how to fly, commute in cars, talk over wires and now through thin air, process trillions of digits in nanoseconds in microchips made out of sand – and the list is just getting started. It’s easy to be blasé about the pace of change, but those who ignore it do so at their own peril.