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The view from Shanghai on the phase one trade deal
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Jennifer Pak
Jan 14, 2020
"The U.S. is bullying China," was the assessment of one security guard in the city.
Post-Brexit trans-Atlantic trade deal faces obstacles
Sep 4, 2019
Animal welfare and human health care concerns could stymie a free trade deal between the U.S. and the U.K.
Why the U.S. and Japan both want to strike a trade deal
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Justin Ho
Aug 21, 2019
Both sides are motivated to get a deal done.
Can Canada get itself in on the NAFTA rewrite?
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Andy Uhler
Aug 28, 2018
On Monday, the United States and Mexico reached a tentative agreement on updates to the North American Free Trade Agreement. So now it’s Canada’s turn, right? Maybe. Today, Canada’s foreign minister, Chrystia Freeland, is in Washington to get her country in on the NAFTA rewrite. The big sticking points? Dairy and infrastructure. Click on the […]
How'd NAFTA change the economy? Draw your own charts
Mar 28, 2017
On December 8, 1993, then-President Bill Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement. It went into effect less than a month later. At the time, the bill was lauded for its ability to create jobs in the U.S. — Clinton had said NAFTA would create 200,000 jobs within two years — increase cooperation between […]
When will we see nitty-gritty of TPP? 'Soon,' Obama says
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 6, 2015
The President defended parts of his signature trade agreement Tuesday.
The full interview: President Obama defends the TPP
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 6, 2015
Read the whole transcript and listen to Obama's uncut conversation with Kai.
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In the end, the real hurdle to a TPP deal was drugs
Oct 5, 2015
Talks came down to a fight between intellectual property and access to medicine.