USMCA

2019 was the year the United States began tearing down the rules-based system for international trade in earnest.

The trade agreement has passed in the U.S. House, and now moves to the Senate.

Businesses have been waiting for the updated version of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The treaty will extend to Canada and Mexico a provision of U.S. law that protects them from being sued for what their users’ do.

We take a look at what it will mean for drug prices, automakers and the tech industry.

Pelosi said it was a “victory for America’s workers.”

Congressional Democrats have suggested they could vote for the North American pact if protections for Mexican workers are sufficiently implemented.

Some argue Congressional recess is when the real work gets done, when lobbying groups pull out all the stops to get policies passed.

According to one farmer, the “new NAFTA” spells disastrous consequences for her family’s business.

Canada’s Prime Minister is in DC Thursday talking trade and the “new NAFTA”.