Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Global Trade Flows Are Expanding, But Is There a Reason for Optimism?
Last Friday, the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, as part of its World Trade Monitor, reported that global trade flows – the volume of export and imports of goods – was 4.5% higher in 2017 than in…
New Obstacles Emerge in NAFTA Negotiations
As the fourth round of NAFTA negotiations were completed in Washington on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, significant new obstacles to the trade talks are emerging. As a result, the fifth round of talks has been postponed…
Trudeau Turns-on NAFTA Charm-Offensive with House Ways & Means Members
As trade ministers kicked-off the fourth round of negotiations to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement in Alexandria, Virginia on October 11, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau traveled to nearby Capitol…
NAFTA Round 2
Negotiators for the United States, Canada and Mexico wrapped up their second round of discussions concerning renegotiation of the NAFTA. While the negotiators expressed pleasure at the progress made, by all accounts…
First Look Into Trump Administration's NAFTA Strategy
USTR Releases NAFTA Negotiating Objectives One Month Ahead of Anticipated Start to Renegotiations In a next step toward renegotiating NAFTA, USTR has released a summary of the administration's negotiating objectives.…