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Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, right, with Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, left, and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, center, speaks during the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s approach to NAFTA could be catastrophic

Brandon Arnold · October 17, 2017 9:35 pm

Trade representatives from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico wrapped up the fourth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement Tuesday. All three said they came out disappointed after the most recent talks. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Canada, Mexico slam US proposals on NAFTA

Sean Higgins · October 17, 2017 8:22 pm

Mexico, Canada to reject Trump’s proposed NAFTA changes

Sean Higgins · October 17, 2017 12:10 pm

The President wrongly sees international trade as a zero-sum game and appears dead set on America winning by defeating Mexico and Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Art of the free-trade deal doesn’t require losers

Washington Examiner · October 17, 2017 4:01 am

"It didn't enter my mind that he was being serious," Joshua Boyle said. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Freed Canadian hostage thought Taliban-linked kidnappers were joking when they told him Trump was president

Caitlin Yilek · October 16, 2017 3:01 pm

This summer, workers at a Nissan plant in Mississippi voted against UAW representation by a nearly 2-to-1 ratio. Millions of dollars were spent courting workers who clearly want no relationship with them. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

The UAW is helping itself at US workers’ expense

Terry Bowman · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

Joshua Boyle, his wife Caitlin Coleman, and their three children landed in Canada after they were kidnapped in Afghanistan while on a backpacking trip and held hostage for five years by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Freed Canadian hostage says Taliban-linked kidnappers killed daughter, raped wife

Associated Press · October 14, 2017 12:06 pm

The Trump administration is seeking to increase the standard from 62.5 percent of the components coming from North America to 85 percent and to require that at least half of the components come from the U.S. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump pushes to raise ‘made in America’ standard in NAFTA

Sean Higgins · October 13, 2017 9:24 pm

James P. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, supported Canada's diplomatic push to ban right-to-work laws in the U.S. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Teamsters applaud Canada for pressuring US on right-to-work in NAFTA talks

Sean Higgins · October 12, 2017 6:26 pm

A Honduran man was charged with transporting 15 illegal immigrants into Vermont via the northern border. (AP Photo/Alison Redlich)

Border cops bust 15 Central Americans at the US-Canada border

Anna Giaritelli · October 11, 2017 5:49 pm

From left, Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer attend a news conference on the NAFTA negotiations in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

NAFTA talks intensify as fourth round of negotiations extended

Sean Higgins · October 11, 2017 2:00 pm

Business is particularly worried that the Trump administration has pursued changes to the NAFTA's investor-state dispute settlement system, including allowing countries to opt-out.

Trump and the Republican Congress let business groups down

Sean Higgins · October 9, 2017 4:01 am