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    Nevada Exporters Face New Rules As USMCA Trade Deal Takes Affect

    Jul 01, 2020

    A new North American trade deal went on the books Wednesday.

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    President Trump (center), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto participate in a USMCA signing ceremony in November 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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    Senate OKs North American Trade Deal To Replace NAFTA, Giving Trump A Much-Needed Win

    Jan 16, 2020
    With the renegotiated pact and Wednesday's signing of an initial trade deal with China, the president can say he fulfilled a key campaign pledge to get tough on trade.
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    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the altered trade agreement "much better than NAFTA" and "infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the administration."
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    House Democrats Support Updated Trade Deal With Mexico And Canada

    Dec 10, 2019
    The AFL-CIO president praised the agreement, which includes stronger enforcement of labor and environmental provisions. One lawmaker called it "a triumph for workers everywhere across America."
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    Economy
    The U.S. is lifting tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel imports, nearly a year after imposing the duties. Here, a worker is seen at Bri-Steel Manufacturing, which makes seamless steel pipes, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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    U.S. Will Lift Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum From Canada And Mexico

    May 17, 2019
    The Trump administration has reached a deal to lift tariffs on metal imports from Canada and Mexico, in a move that could make it easier to ratify the USMCA trade pact.
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    The Salt
    A worker dumps a bucket of tomatoes into a trailer at DiMare Farms in Florida City, Fla., in 2013. The Trump administration is preparing to level a new tariff on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico in response to complaints from Florida growers.
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    Food Fight: Trump Administration Levels Tariffs On Mexican Tomatoes

    May 07, 2019
    Under pressure from Florida lawmakers, the Trump administration is taking steps to protect domestic tomato growers from Mexican competition.
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    President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Saturday to a 90-day halt on new tariffs, hailed as a cease-fire in the countries' trade war.
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    Trump Leaves G-20 With China Trade Truce, Plans To Cancel NAFTA Ahead Of New Pact

    Dec 02, 2018
    The deal pauses a tariff increase that had been planned to take effect New Year's Day. President Trump called the meeting with China's president "amazing and productive."
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    World
    Then-Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari (left) greets Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (right) and U.S. President George H.W. Bush on Oct. 7, 1992, in San Antonio, Texas, for the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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    Will NAFTA 2.0 Really Boost Mexican Wages?

    Oct 17, 2018
    The new trade deal signed by the U.S., Mexico and Canada says much of a car should be built by workers making at least $16 an hour. Some experts are skeptical that will happen anytime soon in Mexico.
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    Robert Gruschow, president of Deshler Group, says the new trade deal lifts the uncertainty that has been hanging over the auto industry.
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    From The Front Lines Of NAFTA, More Relief Than Rejoicing

    Oct 08, 2018
    The new deal to replace NAFTA includes modernizations and improvements. But the biggest benefit, for many sectors, is simply that there is a deal — reducing the uncertainty of previous months.
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    Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland speaks during negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement in October.  "We know that a win-win-win agreement is within reach and that is what we are working toward," she said Friday.
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    No NAFTA Deal: Canada-U.S. Talks To Resume Next Week

    Aug 31, 2018
    After days of negotiations, the U.S. and Canada failed to agree on a deal by a Friday deadline to update the North American Free Trade Agreement. The U.S. and Mexico reached a pact earlier.
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    Economy
    The United States, Canada and Mexico have been in lengthy talks over changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement since President Trump threatened to scrap the historic treaty.
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    U.S.-Canada Trade Talks Continue In Bid To Update NAFTA

    Aug 31, 2018
    The United States and Canada are working on changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement, after lengthy talks spurred by President Trump's threats to scrap the historic treaty.
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    Economy
    Last year, the Trump administration unveiled its goals for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, a deal that reshaped trade between Canada, Mexico and the United States.
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    U.S. And Mexico Reach Trade Deal; Trump Wants To Drop NAFTA Name

    Aug 27, 2018
    The Trump administration has forged a tentative pact with Mexico on the North American Free Trade Agreement. The next step is to get Canada re-engaged in the talks.
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    Roberta Jacobson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in May 2015.
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    Former U.S. Ambassador To Mexico Calls Trump's Immigration Policies 'Un-American'

    Jun 17, 2018
    Roberta Jacobson, who resigned as ambassador in May, says the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration agenda is "draconian."
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    Coils of steel wire sit stacked in the shipping area of the Grupo Acerero SA steel processing facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on March 6.
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    Trump Administration Imposes Steel, Aluminum Tariffs On EU, Canada And Mexico

    May 31, 2018
    The tariffs have been threatened for months — and will likely lead to retaliatory measures. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the tariffs are based on national security concerns.
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    Economy
    Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo speaks to reporters during the seventh round of NAFTA talks in Mexico City, on March 5. U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan has said a deal needs to be completed this week, but fundamental differences remain among the
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    Time Is Running Out To Complete NAFTA Renegotation This Year

    May 16, 2018
    House Speaker Paul Ryan has said the effort to overhaul the treaty needs to be completed this week, but fundamental differences remain among the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
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    The Two-Way
    The Mexican ambassador to the United States, Gerónimo Gutiérrez, speaks at a news conference at the Mexican Embassy in Washington on March 9, 2017.
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    Mexican Ambassador To U.S. Predicts Caravan Will 'Conclude' Within Days

    Apr 03, 2018
    Gerónimo Gutiérrez tells NPR that the Mexican government has been sending migrants home in some cases, and offering humanitarian relief in others. "The number has been drastically reduced," he says.
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    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with President Trump at the White House in October. Trump was recorded telling attendees at a private GOP fundraiser that he falsely stated that the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada in a meeting with Trudeau.
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    Trump Admits To Making Up Trade Deficit In Talks With Canadian Prime Minister

    Mar 15, 2018
    While speaking to Republican donors, Trump said he told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada, while admitting he really "had no idea."
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    Business
    Chevrolet Camaros are lined up at General Motors' Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Michigan, in 2015. Automakers in the U.S. say if costs go up as a result of a renegotiated NAFTA, they would be less competitive.
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    Automakers Say Trump's Anti-NAFTA Push Could Upend Their Industry

    Feb 26, 2018
    As the administration seeks to redo the North American Free Trade Agreement, the industry is watching the talks closely. Automakers say changes could drive up costs, making them less competitive.
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    World
    Former Mexican President Vicente Fox spoke with NPR about his book, <em>Let's Move On: Beyond Fear & False Prophets. </em>The book highlights the North American Free Trade Agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada<em>.</em>
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    Former Mexican President To Trump: 'If You Want To Build A Wall, Waste Your Money'

    Jan 28, 2018
    Let's Move On.Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, has harsh words for President Trump — some of them we can't say on the radio. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Fox about his new book,
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    The Two-Way
    United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (left) speaks Tuesday at the end of the latest round of negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement in Washington, as Mexico's economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, looks on.
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    Efforts To Rewrite NAFTA Not Going Well; Next Round of Talks Delayed

    Oct 17, 2017
    For months, the United States, Canada and Mexico have been trying to rewrite terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement. But White House demands have led to frustrations that may threaten NAFTA.
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    Economy
    Julie Ellingson, executive vice president of the North Dakota Stockmen's Association, says exports are key because they boost cattle prices.
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    As Trump Moves To Renegotiate NAFTA, U.S. Farmers Are Hopeful But Nervous

    Oct 15, 2017
    Farmers say exports are a crucial part of their business and they're warily watching as the Trump administration pushes to remake the long-standing trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.
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    President Trump meets with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, in July. Trump is pushing to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement among their countries and Canada.
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    Trump's NAFTA Makeover Not So Extreme

    Aug 15, 2017
    The Trump administration begins renegotiating NAFTA this month. Despite the rhetoric of the campaign and talk of tearing it up, the administration's actual plans appear less dramatic than expected.
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    NAFTA's 'Broken Promises': These Farmers Say They Got The Raw End Of Trade Deal

    Aug 07, 2017
    From Florida tomato growers to Montana cattle ranchers, some bruised by NAFTA think it has favored agribusiness over small-scale farms, lowered environmental standards and made it harder to compete.
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    The Two-Way
    Trucks move along Interstate 35 in Laredo, Texas. It's a major thoroughfare for trade between Mexico and the U.S.
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    Trump Administration Says It Will Launch NAFTA Renegotiation

    May 18, 2017
    The U.S. trade representative formally notified congressional leaders in a letter Thursday that the president intends to begin negotiations with Canada and Mexico "as soon as practicable."
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    Politics
    National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro says the U.S. needs to unwind "bad" trade agreements and strike new ones that would prevent such practices. He says the administration is off to a good start.
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    Peter Navarro: A 'Bricklayer' Of Trump's Protectionist Wall

    May 03, 2017
    Navarro, director of the new Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, discusses his mission to "defend American workers and domestic manufacturers." He says the administration is off to a good start.
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    Trucks line up to cross to the United States near the Otay Commercial port of entry on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border on Jan. 25. Trump now says he will renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, which he has long criticized, rather
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    With Billions At Stake, Trump Agrees To Mend NAFTA — Not End It

    Apr 27, 2017
    Despite his long-standing criticism of the North American Free Trade Agreement, President Trump has opted to reopen negotiations on the deal rather than run the risk of scrapping it altogether.

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