Tag: Mexico

More companies will set up more business in the U.S., because it's now easier to compete by doing so thanks to the new tax law. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Tax cuts drive business back to the Motor City

Washington Examiner · January 14, 2018 5:01 am

Amid fears that the U.S. will pull out of NAFTA, Canadian Conservative Party head Andrew Scheer said, "[Prime Minister] Justin Trudeau doesn't seem to have a plan." (Andrew Scheer via Wikimedia Commons)

Blame game for Canadian officials as US edges toward NAFTA pullout

Sean Higgins · January 12, 2018 11:56 pm

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says that she is open to extending NAFTA talks into the summer. Such an extension would hold off a possible collapse.

US, Canada seek extending NAFTA talks into the summer

Sean Higgins · January 12, 2018 8:57 pm

Only two wall prototypes built in Otay Mesa, Calif., last October would meet the president's standards, as the remaining structures are all made of solid concrete or steel with subterranean features that reach as far as eight feet below ground. (AP Photo/Elliott Spagat)

Did Trump just rule out 75 percent of his border wall prototypes?

Gabby Morrongiello · January 12, 2018 4:26 pm

President Trump suggested that Mexico could "indirectly" pay for the wall through the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which is administration has threatened to terminate altogether if renegotiations prove unsuccessful.

Trump: Mexico could ‘indirectly’ pay for wall through NAFTA

Gabby Morrongiello · January 12, 2018 3:50 pm

A Fox News contributor, during a panel discussion, said, "Special Forces operatives and members of our Navy SEAL community were asked to try and breach the wall prototypes and they could not do it." Well, this is not entirely true. For starters, the SEALs have not been involved in any testing of any wall prototype (Arik Dashevsky/Washington Examiner)

CNN can’t figure out Trump’s wall proposal

Eddie Scarry · January 12, 2018 5:01 am

Are Lawmakers and Lobbyists Persuading Trump to Keep the U.S. in NAFTA?

Haley Byrd · January 12, 2018 12:34 am

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox has been a longtime critic of President Trump and his plans to reform immigration policies in the U.S. (AP Photo/Mario Armas)

Vicente Fox to Trump: ‘Your mouth is the foulest shithole in the world’

Katie Leach · January 12, 2018 12:23 am

Speier said she is launching a new campaign called "#MeTooCongress" that encourages former and current congressional staffers to share their experiences. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Jackie Speier bucks Democratic leaders, says she’s ‘willing’ to work with Trump on border wall funding

Anna Giaritelli · January 11, 2018 8:59 pm

"We expect that will be renegotiated, or we'll pull out," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Steven Mnuchin warns of NAFTA pullout if talks fail

Sean Higgins · January 11, 2018 8:06 pm

Since his campaign, President Trump has sought a physical barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border as a way to stem the tide of illegal immigrants into the U.S. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)

Kellyanne Conway: Trump ‘discovered’ wall isn’t needed for entire US-Mexico border

Daniel Chaitin · January 11, 2018 4:26 am

Soda taxes in localities such as Philadelphia have only increased the number of shoppers willing to drive outside the city limits to purchase their sugary soft drinks. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

Seattle’s soda tax experiment is doomed to failure

Guy Bentley · January 10, 2018 10:27 pm