World Mar 22 French President Macron regrets the Senate’s vote to reject the EU-Canada trade deal criticized by farmers The so-called CETA deal has been criticized by farmers as bringing unfair competition from abroad. It provisionally went into effect in September 2017 after all EU governments agreed to it, but its full implementation requires approval by each national parliament. By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press
World Mar 29 U.S. suspends trade deal with Myanmar after violent coup U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the United States was immediately suspending "all U.S. engagement with Burma under the 2013 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement."… By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
World Dec 24 UK and EU reach post-Brexit trade agreement Britain and the European Union have struck a provisional free-trade agreement that should avert New Year chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil. By Raf Casert, Jill Lawless, Associated Press
World Dec 24 UK, EU on cusp of striking Brexit trade deal at last Negotiators from the European Union and Britain worked through the night and into Christmas Eve to put the finishing touches on a trade deal that should avert a chaotic economic break between the two sides next week. By Raf Casert, Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Dec 23 Watch 4:41 Brexit and border closures create dual challenges in Britain There is something close to chaos in southeastern England, where thousands of trucks began crawling toward Europe after a full-border closure between the U.K. and the continent due to COVID-19. This comes just eight days before the U.K. leaves the… Continue watching
Dec 08 U.K., EU leaders to meet Wednesday as year-end trade deal deadline approaches By Jill Lawless, Lorne Cook, Associated Press The leaders of Britain and the European Union will meet in the next 24 hours for a final push at a Brexit deal, as the two sides warned that the chances of a post-Brexit trade deal by a year-end deadline… Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch 4:38 Will Brexit lead to an orderly departure from the European Union? It's crunch time for Brexit, and negotiations between London and Brussels are at a critical point that will determine whether the UK leaves in a "hard Brexit" or whether disputes over trade can be resolved that will avoid chaos come… Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch 11:03 Why Peter Navarro calls USMCA ‘very good news’ for American manufacturing President Trump’s new North American trade deal, the United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement, known as USMCA, was applauded at the White House Wednesday, with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador visiting. But along with the celebration come questions about what the pact means… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch 4:47 In Davos, Trump hails U.S. ‘economic boom,’ downplays climate crisis By Ryan Chilcote As his Senate impeachment trial begins, President Trump is meeting with other world leaders, economic scholars and business moguls in Davos, Switzerland, as part of the World Economic Forum. In an address there, Trump hailed a U.S. economic "boom" and… Continue watching