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The United States, Canada and Mexico signed a “Protocol of Amendments” to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA” or “new NAFTA”) on December 10, 2019 that clears the way for passage in the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives by the end of the 2019 legislative year, and the U.S. Senate and Parliament of Canada by mid-January/early-February …
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As Canada and the United States wrap up more than two years of work on the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), one pressing question remains for the cross-border business community—what can we expect after NAFTA? The answer rests not in Washington, D.C. nor Ottawa, but in state and provincial capitals throughout North America. Before turning to …
The United States, Canada, and Mexico reached a trilateral agreement as part of the renovation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on September 30, 2018. Preliminarily styled the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the text is available at https://ustr.gov/united-states-mexico-canada-agreement-text. The negotiators from all three countries deserve high praise for their efforts to conclude the …
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