Dec 05 WATCH: George H.W. Bush was a ‘gentleman, a genuine leader,’ former Canadian PM says By Associated Press Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has praised former U.S. President George H.W. Bush as a strong world leader who helped oversee the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Continue reading
Oct 02 AP fact check: New trade deal not as big as Trump claims By Paul Wiseman, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump inaccurately described his new trade deal with Canada and Mexico as the biggest ever — it's not even close — and glossed over some possible consequences of the agreement, such as higher car prices. Here's a closer… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 3:19 Trump touts ‘fairness and reciprocity’ of new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal President Trump declared victory on Monday on a deal more than a year in the making. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, largely keeps the structure of the 1994 North American Trade Agreement, but gives U.S. dairy farmers greater access… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 5:36 The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada deal offers modest changes. Will it help the economy? President Trump made renegotiating NAFTA a priority of his administration. What's really in the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and what does it mean for the U.S. economy? Amna Nawaz learns more from Edward Alden of the Council on Foreign Relations. Continue watching
Oct 01 WATCH: Trump says revised trade deal would return U.S. to ‘manufacturing powerhouse’ if approved by Congress By Rob Gillies, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Trump embraced the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement during a Rose Garden ceremony, branding the pact the "USMCA." The president said the name has a "good ring to it," repeating U-S-M-C-A several times. Continue reading
Oct 01 Canada-U.S. agree on new trade deal to replace NAFTA By Paul Wiseman, Rob Gillies, Associated Press If signed, the new deal, called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, would replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. Continue reading
Sep 01 Trump: Canada ‘will be out’ of trade deal unless it’s ‘fair’ By Luis Alonso Lugo, Paul Wiseman, Rob Gillies, Associated Press President Donald Trump warned Canada on Saturday that it "will be out" of a revised North American trade agreement unless it's "fair" to the United States. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 3:32 U.S. and Canada will keep talking after missing a trade deal deadline The United States and Canada failed to reach a new free trade agreement by a self-imposed deadline Friday. Instead, President Trump announced he will sign a pact with Mexico in 90 days, and that Canada could still join it. The… Continue watching
Aug 31 Trump says he won’t compromise with Canada in NAFTA deal By Luis Alonso Lugo, Paul Wiseman, Rob Gillies, Associated Press President Donald Trump has said privately that he won't make compromises with Canada in high-stakes talks to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement. Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 6:27 Analyzing the tentative U.S.-Mexico trade deal, and the outlook for Canada to sign on President Trump has long criticized NAFTA, so it’s little surprise that he is pursuing an alternative trade deal with Mexico. The tentative agreement reached this week contains provisions for keeping auto manufacturing in North America, ensures workers earn higher wages… Continue watching