Monday, October 08, 2018

TRUMP TRADE - 'New' U.S.-Mexico-Canada Deal

"Trump touts ‘fairness and reciprocity’ of new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal" PBS NewsHour 10/1/2018

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SUMMARY:  President Trump declared victory on Monday on a deal more than a year in the making.  The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, largely keeps the structure of the 1994 North American Trade Agreement, but gives U.S. dairy farmers greater access to the Canadian market, add stipulations for the auto industry and increases certain protections.  Amna Nawaz reports.




"The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada deal offers modest changes.  Will it help the economy?" PBS NewsHour 10/1/2018

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SUMMARY:  President Trump made renegotiating NAFTA a priority of his administration.  What's really in the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and what does it mean for the U.S. economy?  Amna Nawaz learns more from Edward Alden of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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