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NAFTA: US-grown corn threatens Mexican crop heritage
Mexicans are concerned that cheap US imports are destroying Mexico's cultural relationship with its traditional maize varieties.
Justin Trudeau set to head to China in December to open free trade talks
The belief that Canadian exporters need to have preferential access to growing Asian markets like China is considered worth the risk that launching negotiations may upset the Trump administration.
Few signs of progress on tough US demands at NAFTA talks
Negotiations in Mexico to update NAFTA have not made much progress on tough US demands.
Mexico to propose NAFTA review mechanism to counter US sunset clause
Mexican negotiators will propose that the North American Free Trade Agreement be rigorously reviewed every five years rather than the US idea of automatic expiration.
Mexico bristles at US proposal that would benefit AT&T in NAFTA
Mexico shot down a proposal by the United States to include provisions in the North America Free Trade Agreement that would benefit AT&T Inc, Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said.
US business groups ask trade agency to keep trucking rules in NAFTA
More than 100 US-based retailers, agriculture groups and transportation councils urged the government’s trade agency to preserve trucking provisions in any new version of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Nafta talks resume as US warns 'short fuse' risks burning down
It’s back to the table time for Nafta negotiators after a month long breather in the talks, which broke up last time amid stark differences between the countries.
Canada takes softwood lumber dispute with US to NAFTA appeal panel
Canada is turning to the North American Free Trade Agreement in its bid to stop US duties on Canadian softwood lumber.
Ottawa files lawsuit in dispute over broken northern Manitoba rail line
Ottawa filed a lawsuit against the owners of a broken rail line in northern Manitoba hours after the company said it would file a complaint against the federal government under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Trade agreements: Freer rein for corporations
NAFTA forms a part of this politico-legal apparatus of domination. Human rights and corporate rights share no common ground; there has been a thorough overturning of the hierarchy, the normative pyramid, of the human rights protection system.