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Amendments to Canada’s Export Control List: Addition of Quantum Computing and Advanced Semiconductors

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On July 20, 2024, an Order Amending Canada’s Export Control List (ECL) (SOR/2024-112, or the Order) came into effect. This amendment adds five new controls under Item 5506 of the ECL, extending Canada's export regulation of...more

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Geopolitics and Geoeconomics: Trade and Investment Disruptions and Implications

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International trade and investment is a crucial channel through which economies and individual businesses specialize, innovate, become more productive, and grow incomes, output and employment while also containing input costs...more

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Amendments to Canada's Export Control List Take Effect July 23, 2021

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The updated version of A Guide to Canada's Export Control List (the Guide) will come into force on July 23, 2021, replacing the previous December 2018 version of the Guide. Amendments to the Export Control List (ECL)...more

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Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2020: International Trade

With almost three years behind President Donald Trump to launch, negotiate, and complete his most ambitious trade initiatives, 2020 may come to be seen as the first year that the Trump era in trade policy was fully in place....more

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Revised NAFTA Awaits Congressional Approval

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On November 30, President Trump, along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and outgoing Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, signed a revised trade agreement to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...more

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Mexico Keeps Investment Disputes Mechanism Under New USMCA

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• After months of uncertainty, the United States, Mexico and Canada recently reached a new trilateral trade agreement, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement...more

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Here Comes the U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement

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The North American Free Trade Agreement – NAFTA for short – just took one step closer to no longer existing. As originally reported by the NY Times, the United States and Mexico announced that they had reached agreement on...more

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Trump Announces Trade Deal with Mexico, but Congress Won’t Ratify Until 2019

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President Donald Trump announced today that the United States and Mexico agreed in concept to overhaul portions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but Congress won’t be able to ratify the deal until next year – under...more

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NAFTA Update

The 25% steel and 10% aluminum tariffs announced today, and effective 15 days from now, raise a new cloud over the NAFTA negotiations. Although they temporarily exempt Canada and Mexico, the Administration has made it clear...more

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Canada Reaches Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

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On January 23, 2018, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, announced that Canada had reached an agreement with Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru,...more

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NAFTA Renegotiations and Agriculture

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On January 8, 2018, President Donald Trump spoke at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual conference. During his speech, President Trump said his administration is working on negotiating a good deal for farmers in the...more

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“Core Elements” Of TPP-11 Agreement Reached In Vietnam

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On November 10, 2017, Trade Ministers from the eleven remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries (minus the United States) announced that they had reached an agreement on “core elements” of the renegotiated...more

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New Head of Antitrust Division Commits to International Antitrust Efforts in First Public Remarks

Newly instated Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim recently delivered his first public remarks, at the Antitrust in Developing Countries conference at New York University School of Law....more

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The Cart, The Horse, And The Ongoing Shift Of U.S. Trade Policy Under President Trump

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The “Trade Deals That Work For All Americans” page of the White House website proclaims a shift in U.S. trade policy away from “trade deals that put the interests of insiders and the Washington elite over the hard-working men...more

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Trump Wants to “Tweak” NAFTA

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After meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in early February, President Trump said he plans to “tweak” the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada. Before this announcement, it was unclear whether the...more

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NAFTA Discussions May Alter New Rule on Lease of Equipment by Mexican Carriers

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It is common knowledge that a major platform of President-Elect Donald Trump's campaign was the need to renegotiate the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Mexico and Canada. Thus, it leaves open the...more

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Agenda Comercial Internacional de México para el 2017

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Acontecimientos internacionales como el "Brexit", la retirada de Estados Unidos del Tratado de Asociación Transpacífico (TPP), o la posible renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN), son...more

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Mexico's International Trade Agenda for 2017

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International events such as "Brexit," the United States' potential withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) or the possibility of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are all...more

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NAFTA and the New Trump Administration: Your Top Ten Questions Answered

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With the recent U.S. election finally reaching its close, the unexpected election of Mr. Trump has left many multinational companies wondering how the change in administration will impact their business operations. One of the...more

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The Future of NAFTA: Rip it up or Renegotiate?

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During the campaign season, candidate Donald Trump railed against the North American Free Trade Agreement, more commonly known as NAFTA. He decried it as the “single worst trade deal ever approved in this country” and...more

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What Does the Promised Trade War Mean for Companies?

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President-elect Donald Trump has promised action that could drastically change the rules for U.S. importers and exporters, foreign shippers to the United States and service providers. Whether and how these promises translate...more

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The Future of the U.S.-Canada Trade Relationship in Light of the Election

The United States and Canada enjoy a unique bilateral relationship. That relationship reflects a unique friendship, underpinned by shared geography, similar values, common interests, deep connections and powerful,...more

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Supplemental Update: The Impact of the U.S. Presidential Election on U.S.-Mexico Relations

CEO’s Executive Summary: On November 8, the people of the United States elected Donald J. Trump to be the 45th President of the United States. We write to share some preliminary reflections and analysis on how we view this...more

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¿Qué Podría Ocurrir con la Relación Comercial Bilateral México-Estados Unidos Después de las Elecciones?

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Los resultados electorales de esta semana en los Estados Unidos requieren de un análisis serio sobre las consecuencias que pudieran llegar a tener las declaraciones realizadas durante la campaña por el nuevo Presidente electo...more

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What Might Be Next for U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Trade After the Election?

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This week's electoral results in the United States require a serious analysis of the consequences due to some of the statements made by new President-Elect Donald Trump during the campaign, which could impact trade and...more

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