Chrystia Freeland

Earlier this month, Canada delivered a letter to a number of senior U.S. senators threatening to suspend parts of the USMCA trade agreement unless the Senate backs away from a tax credit for American-built electric vehicles. In the letter, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and International Trade Minister Mary Ng stated that certain provisions of the electric vehicle tax credit violates Amer

Canada is taking the first step in ratifying USMCA.  Following the Trump administration’s decision to remove section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Canada presented the trade agreement to lawmakers that must approve the deal.   C...

Canada and Mexico this week are again pressing the Trump administration to remove steel and aluminum tariffs.  Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland met with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer earlier this week and threatened to withhold ratification of the U.S.-M...

Agricultural trade and political entanglements have always gone hand-in-glove.  And as Dennis Guy explains, 2018 was a year that highlighted that fact with agricultural industries across North America.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

Agricultural trade and political entanglements have always gone hand-in-glove.  And as Dennis Guy explains, 2018 was a year that highlighted that fact with agricultural industries across North America.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

Canada and Mexico want the U.S. to remove steel and aluminum tariffs now that an updated NAFTA framework is in place.  Canada has asked the U.S. to lift the tariffs “as soon as possible.”  Mexico’s top negotiator for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, says Mexi...

The U.S. and Canada are discussing the next steps for approving the USMCA, officially replacing NAFTA.  U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer visited Canada this week meeting with his Canadian counterpart, Chrystia Freeland.  A spokesperson for Freeland told Bloomberg News the meeting I was an “opportunity to take stock of the next steps on USMCA.”   The countries e...

As Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland returned to Washington, D.C. for continued NAFTA negotiations, a prominent Congressional member says time is running out. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise said sentiment is building among members of Congress that Canada is purposefully dragging out the negotiations for political purposes...

NAFTA negotiations between the U.S. and Canada resume this week as both sides attempt to reach a deal by the end of the month.  Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland arrived in Washington, D.C. Tuesday ahead of scheduled talks with U.S. Trade R...

Canada appears ready to make a deal with the U.S. on dairy access in return for dispute settlement concessions, in a sign the Canadians are increasingly optimistic about getting a new NAFTA agreement.  A three-way modernized NAFTA is looking increasingly possible this month amid reports Canadian officials are ready to allow U.S. d...