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Saskatchewan farmers want more federal action on China canola impasse
Association says China’s decision to restrict sales from Richardson International has negatively affected prices, created market uncertainty.
Report casts doubt on value of protecting Chapter 19 in NAFTA trade talks
No help dealing with Trump’s Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum exports.
US, China raise tariffs in new round of trade dispute
No sign of progress on US complaints Beijing steals technology, industry development plans violate free-trade commitments.
Doug Ford stands with Trudeau on trade despite clashing on other issues
Stresses the need to present a united front during complex trade negotiations.
China tech giant crippled, US imports held amid trade spat
Fresh round of talks aimed at resolving the conflict is planned for next week in Washington.
WTO panel rules against Canada in preliminary ruling in Brazilian C Series dispute
Embraer claims aviation business hurt by Bombardier receiving more than $3.7 billion in subsidies.
Alberta move to cut energy shipments expected to hit more than BC fuel prices
Could damage Alberta and Canadian businesses and citizens as well as those in BC.
Horgan still blocking Trans Mountain after meeting with PM, Notley
Trudeau insists the Kinder Morgan pipeline is within federal jurisdiction, Horgan’s government has no authority to block it.
WTO creates two dispute settlement panels to review US softwood lumber duties
One will cover the Canadian dispute, the other US use of differential pricing in its anti-dumping determinations.
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Canada, Mexico tell US on NAFTA investor state protection: Get in, or get out
Two countries refusing to let the US rewrite the rules for Chapter 11 if it can’t commit to being part of it.
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Canada takes softwood lumber dispute with US to NAFTA appeal panel
Freeland calls countervailing and anti-dumping duties unfair, unwarranted and “deeply troubling.”
US proposes defanging NAFTA’s Chapters 11, 19 and 20 enforcement systems
Trump’s team describe panels as a sovereignty violation; foreign courts make judgments on how US law should be applied.
Save NAFTA’s Chapter 19: ‘We had quite a fight in 1987 to get it’: Mulroney
Former PM says NAFTA arbitration panels served “all three parties brilliantly for many years.”
Canada should accept increased competition under new NAFTA
The US administration is actually acting as a champion of the Canadian consumer.
