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Donald Trump claims illegal immigration costs US taxpayers $100bn annually; says citizens should help each other, not illegal caravans
•Trump's comments came amid a row over a caravan of an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 people mostly from three Latin American countries – El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala – who are currently at the southern US border along Mexico with the intention to enter America.
Days after successful negotiation of USMCA pact, Justin Trudeau says working with Donald Trump 'not always simple'
•Speaking on an episode of Quebec's most popular talk show, "Tout Le Monde En Parle," broadcast on Sunday Trudeau said he had done his job of "standing up for Canadians" in agreeing the USMCA trade pact with the US, Canada and Mexico. Asked about his relationship with Trump, Trudeau cautiously acknowledged it is "not always simple."
After concluding USMCA, Donald Trump administration moves to negotiate trade deals with Japan, EU and UK
•The Trump administration has informed the Congress of its intent to negotiate separate trade agreements with Japan, the UK and the EU, days after America signed a new business deal with neighbouring Mexico and Canada, replacing the 24-year-old NAFTA.
US, Canada and Mexico sign USMCA: What changes have been made to the over 25-year-old NAFTA
Fp Staff •The USMCA deal was signed only hours before the Trump administration-imposed deadline of 30 September.
Donald Trump declares USMCA with Mexico, Canada as replacement of NAFTA, calls it 'great deal' for all three countries
•The US, Mexico, and Canada Agreement or USMCA, a jubilant Trump told reporters at the White House, would revive the manufacturing sector in the US and create hundreds and thousands of jobs in America. This will create high-quality jobs and strictly enforce rule of origin requirement, he added.
How the new NAFTA 2.0 between US, Mexico, Canada will shake up business in 3 country bloc: All you need to know
•The North American trade agreement hammered out late Sunday between the United States and Canada, following an earlier U.S.-Mexico deal, shakes up — but likely won't revolutionize — the way businesses operate within the three-country trade bloc.
Canada, US to stay in trade pact with Mexico, Trump touts 'great deal' in place of 24-year-old NAFTA
•Canada is back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico after weeks of bitter, high-pressure negotiations that brushed up against a midnight deadline.
Canada, US reach deal to save NAFTA; agreement will boost American access to Canadian dairy market
•The United States and Canada reached a deal on Sunday to salvage NAFTA as a trilateral pact with Mexico, beating a midnight deadline with agreements to substantially boost American access to Canada’s dairy market and protect Canada from possible US auto tariffs, sources with direct knowledge of the talks said.
Donald Trump claims he rejected meeting with Justin Trudeau over slow pace of NAFTA talks
•The remarks by Trump, who repeated a threat to impose tariffs on Canadian autos, knocked the Canadian dollar down to a one-week low against the US greenback. The comments also mark a new low in relations between the two leaders. Trudeau spokeswoman Chantal Gagnon said: "No meeting was requested. We don't have any comment beyond that."
Canada stunned and worried about Trump trade threats; some locals are 'afraid', some defiant: 'We won't be insulted like that, by a man with no brain'
•It started with US President Donald Trump's attacks on Canadian dairy farmers. Then Washington slapped tariffs on Canadian steel, citing national security. There was that disastrous G-7 summit in Quebec. Now it's a new North American free trade agreement that excludes America's northern neighbor. Canadians are stunned by the repeated broadsides from what has long been their closest ally and some have even begun boycotts.