Trade Agreements Blog

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discusses the role of NAFTA in the success of the National Export Initiative during a meeting with leaders from Canada and Mexico.

On a roll after getting closer to a trade agreement with South Korea, the EU is now beginning trade agreement talks with Canada. The talks will cover investments and industry sectors excluded from previous agreements, making it potentially the most comprehensive bilateral trade agreement ever reached – wider than the EU-South Korea deal. Talks will [...]

Canada announced yesterday that they have signed a free trade agreement with Jordan. Trade between the two countries is approximately $92 billion CDN ($79.5 billion USD). This is the first trade agreement between Canada and an Arab nation. Canada’s forestry, manufacturing and agriculture sectors are expected to benefit from duty-free access. In return, Canada will [...]

“Buy American” is quite a dividing sentiment. Some believe that it fosters expansion of industry within the US. Most experts agree that this is incorrect and it’s actually too difficult to buy an “American” product as most of the items manufactured here are also created from components from other countries. And, looking back to the [...]