North American Free Trade Agreement

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held firm on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, to the lines drawn in sand three decades ago as the latest push to preserve a North American Free Trade Agreement — one that still includes Canada — was poised to unfold.

The leaders of Quebec's main political parties spoke in unison on Friday, August 31, 2018, to defend supply management and send a message to federal negotiators as they held free-trade talks with their U.S. counterparts in Washington, D.C.

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Congress on Saturday, September 1, 2018, not to interfere with his plans for a new North American Free Trade Agreement, lest he cancel the deal entirely.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer defended his party's suddenly sharp criticism of the Liberal government's performance on the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying the Tories want a deal with the United States as much as anyone.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the time has come for high-level decisions on the future of NAFTA.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is starting a new day of meetings with her U.S. counterpart after a late night of talks to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Canada's protected supply-managed dairy industry emerged as a major 11th-hour irritant as the Trudeau government returned on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, to what could be the final, pivotal round of talks to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is talking tough on the question of supply management now that the focus switches to Canada after a new trade deal has been reached between the United States and Mexico.

Donald Trump said on Monday, August 27, 2018, that the United States and Mexico have reached a bilateral trade "understanding" that could lead to an overhaul — or perhaps the termination — of the three-country North American Free Trade Agreement.

John McCain, an avowed free-trader and longtime supporter of expanding the North American Free Trade Agreement, was remembered by Canadian politicians as a friend to Canada who reached across political boundaries to do what he felt was right.

The hurry-up-and-wait uncertainty surrounding Canada's return to the NAFTA talks is entering a new week as Ottawa's partners in the trilateral deal push forward with their one-on-one negotiations.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she's "very encouraged" by signals from Washington that the United States and Mexico are close to figuring out their bilateral issues within the three-country North American Free Trade Agreement.

The federal government extended an olive branch of sorts to Donald Trump's tough-on-trade White House on Tuesday as it began exploring how best to address industry concerns that U.S. tariffs are turning a trickle of foreign steel imports into a torrent.

Despite fresh rumblings of a bilateral deal between the United States and Mexico, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is convinced that a full North American Free Trade Agreement is best for all three countries.

The United States fired back on Monday, July 16, 2018, at the Canadian government's retaliatory tariffs on American imports by launching a formal challenge with the World Trade Organization.