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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 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.
Donald Trump set to replace 'job killing disaster' NAFTA with new US - Mexico deal; threatens to slap Canada auto imports with new tariffs
•The Donald Trump administration and Mexico have reached a preliminary accord to end the North American Free Trade Agreement and replace it with a deal that the administration wants to be more favorable to the United States.
Donald Trump says he's 'terminating' NAFTA; seals 'incredible' trade deal with Mexico; leaves Canada out for now
•US President Donald Trump is announcing a trade "understanding" with Mexico that could lead to an overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
US-China trade dispute likely to escalate further, will impact global growth and inflation: Moody's
•Trade dispute would stop short of full implementation of the most severe potential measures announced so far, including tariffs on all US automotive imports, Moody's said
Donald Trump urged Emmanuel Macron to quit EU, sign bilateral deal with US during White House meet in April
•Recent reports have revealed that Donald Trump had urged his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to leave the EU and sign bilateral trade agreement with the US
Justin Trudeau declines to meet Donald Trump over NAFTA renegotiation after 'totally unacceptable' US preconditions
•Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he offered to go to Washington this week to complete talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade agreement but that Vice President Mike Pence called and told him a meeting with the U.S. president would only happen if Trudeau agreed to put a five-year sunset clause into the deal.
Donald Trump runs out of time to deliver on NAFTA reboot; negotiators describe an uncompromising White House
•Negotiators, industry lobbyists, trade experts and lawmakers briefed on the talks described how precious months passed before the U.S team presented its proposals and how the talks stalled because the demands far exceeded what Canada and Mexico had expected and Washington signalled no readiness to compromise.
US-Mexico border migrants say Donald Trump's intention to deploy military won't deter them
•On Tuesday, the same day that US president Donald Trump announced his intention to deploy military to help patrol the US-Mexico border, Edwin Valdez and four other Central American migrants were walking through dense brush at a south Texas wildlife reserve, hoping to escape notice.
Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs of up to $60 billion on Chinese imports related to technology and telecom
•Donald Trump is targeting Chinese high technology companies to punish China for its investment policies