Top trade negotiators from both the United States and Mexico reaffirmed Monday that the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known as USMCA, is a done deal -- despite complaints from Mexico over the weekend about a labor provision included in the bill unveiled by Democrats.
House Democrats say a deal to advance President Donald Trump's revised North American Free Trade Agreement is likely to be announced on Tuesday, after months of secretive negotiations between lawmakers and the White House over the pact.
After meeting for dinner in December 2018 on the sidelines of a major international summit in Argentina, President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping raised the prospect of an imminent deal to end their tit-for-tat trade war.
House Democrats are sticking to their guns this week as talks for President Donald Trump's revised North American Free Trade Agreement begin in earnest.
From the start, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has argued he can get Democrats to support President Donald Trump's replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement. Now it's time to see if he can deliver.
President Donald Trump overruled three of his top advisers in deciding to move ahead with his tariff threat against Mexico over immigration. And as he faced a stock market slide and opprobrium from key Republican senators on Friday, the President held firm, tweeting: "It's time!"
The Trump administration moved Thursday to jumpstart the approval process for President Donald Trump's replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement, applying further pressure on House Democrats to consider the trade plan.
It could be a make-or-break week for the delicate trade negotiations between the United States and China as they drift further beyond the ambitious 90-day clock set last year by the leaders of the world's two largest economic superpowers.
President Donald Trump started Monday by congratulating himself for making direct progress on trade with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping -- but now the work of hammering out a deal will fall to top American trade envoy Robert Lighthizer.
The leaders of the world's two largest economies, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, met face-to-face Saturday in Argentina for a highly anticipated dinner that many hope will halt, at least temporarily, an escalating tit-for-tat trade war.
