Trade and Manufacturing Monitor

News and insight from our international trade practice group

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…

Food Standard Controversies Looms Large in Potential U.S.–UK Trade Deal

With Brexit on the horizon, UK representatives are reinvigorating relationships with key trading partners on every continent. On 24 July, UK International Trade Secretary Liam Fox and U.S. Trade Representative Robert…

Siemens Cracks Down on Russian Sanctions Evasion

Siemens, a German corporation, has announced that it will no longer deliver power plant equipment to state-controlled firms in Russia after it claimed to discover that Siemens’ Russian customer, Technopromexport, had…

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.…

House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Announces NAFTA Hearing

House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) announced on Tuesday, July 11th that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement” on…