KEVIN FREKING and PAUL WISEMAN / The Associated PressJan 29, 2020
Experts, however, say the impact of the new USMCA, an update to NAFTA, will be modest. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Paul Wiseman, Luis Alonso Lugo and Rob Gillies / The Associated PressAug 27, 2018
The administration still needs to negotiate with Canada before an agreement can be finalized, and relations with that country have been fragile lately. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
The Associated PressApr 21, 2018
The deal updating a 20-year-old free trade pact comes amid uncertainty about Mexican and European commercial ties with the U.S. under the presidency of Donald Trump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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KEN THOMAS / The Associated PressApr 15, 2018
The vice president had to dive into a packed agenda on short notice, attending the Summit of the Americas in Trump's place so the president could manage the U.S. response to Syria. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
DARLENE SUPERVILLE / The Associated PressApr 1, 2018
In a series of tweets, the president also says he may pull out of a trade agreement with Mexico unless it does more to stop people from crossing into the U.S. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
KEN THOMAS / The Associated PressMar 7, 2018
"We're not trying to blow up the world," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says of President Trump's "flexibility" regarding planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Daniel Cooper Bermudez / Popular ResistanceSep 13, 2017
In renegotiating the treaty with Canada and Mexico, the Trump administration is acting in secret, just as Obama did with the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 25, 2017
When he was a candidate he promised that abandoning the trade deal -- hailed as one of the major achievements of the Obama administration -- would be one of his first actions as president. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigSep 3, 2016
The 5,544-page text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership confirms that the agreement would be another step in the global capitalists' march to enslave us. Open, sustained revolt is our only option. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 29, 2015
Despite what President Obama says, the TPP does indeed create a corporate end run around our laws. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 4, 2011
An Economic Policy Institute report released Tuesday confirms that a ballooning US-Mexico trade deficit has cost hundreds of thousands of American jobs, and predicts more of the same when the U-Korea Free Trade Agreement comes into force. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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