Nafta

Congress can't end the China trade war or turn back the clock on Syria, but at least it can cement trade ties with Canada and Mexico by passing USMCA.

When NAFTA was written, Amazon didn't exist. The new North American trade agreement will modernize the alliance.

"BIG NEWS for U.S. Auto Workers! The USMCA is already fixing the broken NAFTA deal," Trump wrote on Twitter.

The president signed the new trade deal with Mexico and Canada, but his administration used a 72-word footnote to avoid having to extend LGBTQ rights in America.

"It's all the more reason why we need to keep working to remove the tariffs on steel and aluminum between our countries," said the Canadian prime minister.

"This despicable letter is more of the same from a Republican Congress with open contempt for the humanity of the LGBTQ community," said a spokesperson for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

According to Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the "general development plan" will require some $30 billion in combined investment between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

Canada has agreed to join in a trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico that will replace the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Canadian government agreed on Sunday to sign the deal hours before a midnight deadline after more than a year of tense negotiations with the Trump administration. 

"Frankly, we're thinking about just taxing cars coming in from Canada. That's the motherlode. That's the big one," Trump threatened.

The Canadian prime minister has suggested that ongoing negotiations with the U.S. over trade will continue.

"The agreement in principle that we closed with the U.S. is positive for Mexico because it preserves free trade and modernizes our trade agreement in key areas for today's economy," said the chief Mexican NAFTA negotiator.

Kushner ignored reporters' questions including, "Who wrote the op-ed?" and "Are you concerned about it?"

Trump had earlier dismissed the talks after the two countries failed to reach a deal.

"Every time we have a problem with a point, I just put up a picture of a Chevrolet Impala," Trump said.

"A lot of people waiting," Trump said as he tried to get Mexico's president on speakerphone.

The Mexican economy minister made the announcement as he arrived at the U.S. Trade Representative's office, according to reports.

Trump must decide between chaos and leadership.

Canada will spend around 1.23 percent of its GDP on defense in 2018, far below the agreed 2 percent for NATO nations.

Trump boasted that the NATO leadership is very fond of him, but says Russia must be thinking "if we did like this guy, we made a big mistake."

He also said that Crimea should be part of Russia.

Steel and aluminum tariffs to hit Europe, Canada and Mexico hard as senators tell Trump: "You don't treat allies the same way you treat opponents."

On June 1, the tariffs are set to go into full effect for any country without a special agreement with the U.S.

There is no good reason to obsess about keeping production jobs stateside.

Trump delayed the introduction of steel and aluminum tariffs by one month.

Without Trump, Mexico would not be more united than ever.

Ending NAFTA could reduce U.S. GDP by up to $120 billion and result in 1.2 million job losses.

Luis Videgaray, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, also said his country's diplomatic relations with the White House are "more fluid and closer than with previous administrations."

Has Trump's "America First" doctrine marginalized the U.S. in the hemisphere?

President Trump plans to use a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement to make Mexico pay for his long-promised border wall.