USTR

The United States doubled down on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, in its ongoing dispute with Canada over dairy imports, accusing one of its closest trading partners of shirking its responsibilities under the terms of North America's three-year-old trade agreement.

Canada joined forces on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, with the United States in a bilateral effort to push back against what they consider protectionist energy policies in Mexico that violate both the spirit and the letter of North America's new trade rules.

Dairy industry advocates and trade officials in the United States celebrated a rare win over Canada on on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, after a panel of arbitrators agreed that America's northern neighbour is denying U.S. producers their fair share of access to the Canadian market.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland gave a cold shoulder to U.S. President Donald Trump and cozied up instead to her American trade counterpart on Friday, August 31, 2018, as Canada's effort to re-enter the North American free-trade fold fell short of meeting its end-of-week deadline.

Some of Canada's key demands in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation will be a tough sell in the United States.