Tag: Mexico

Negotiators said they would increase the periods between talks to give negotiators more time to analyze proposals, highlighting the tense nature of the renegotiation. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Fifth round of NAFTA talks begins in Mexico City

Sean Higgins · November 15, 2017 6:01 pm

In this Jan. 8, 2016 photo, a handcuffed Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is made to face the press as he is escorted to a helicopter by Mexican soldiers and marines at a federal hangar in Mexico City. Mexico's most notorious cartel kingpin who twice made brazen prison escapes and spent years on the run as the country's most wanted man, was extradited to the United States on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, to face drug trafficking and other charges. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Washington Secrets

Crime worst ever in Mexico — aided by $2.5B from US

Paul Bedard · November 15, 2017 4:53 pm

The effort is part of the game's holiday promotion, Cards Against Humanity Saves America. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Cards Against Humanity claims it purchased land along US-Mexico border to block Trump’s wall

Melissa Quinn · November 15, 2017 3:23 pm

President Trump spoke at a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday. Trump is on a five-country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Here’s what Trump gets right on trade

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2017 5:01 am

The United States' NAFTA fans are reluctant to talk about the trade deal in the past tense while the negotiations continue. The talks will go through December, and the trade association source noted that there's still time for the talks to get back on track even though negotiators are only now getting at "the hard issues."

Shadow hangs over upcoming round of NAFTA talks

Sean Higgins · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and New Zealand Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker attended the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Vietnam Friday. (AP Photo/Na-Son Nguyen, Pool)

11 Pacific Rim countries say they informally reached trade agreement without US

Diana Stancy Correll · November 11, 2017 3:40 am

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has said the USDA is working on contingency plans for the the farm industry should the current talks to renegotiate NAFTA fail. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

USDA seeks to reassure farmers on NAFTA

Sean Higgins · November 10, 2017 11:16 pm

With border wall construction taking place in one of the best places to see 100 different species of butterflies, nature enthusiasts are right to be concerned. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Beltway Confidential

List of Trump’s border wall opponents gets new addition: Butterflies

Sam Peak · November 10, 2017 9:41 pm

Canadian Embassy spokeswoman Christine Constantin told the Washington Examiner that her country was still hopeful for a "win-win-win" conclusion to the talks. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Ripping up NAFTA would cost Canada 1 percent of GDP: Study

Sean Higgins · November 10, 2017 9:00 pm

The DACA program, created by former President Barack Obama, is aimed at protecting younger immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Deported DACA recipient caught trying to re-enter the US illegally

Anna Giaritelli · November 9, 2017 9:26 pm

Carrier plant Trump promised to save delays plans for layoffs

Caitlin Yilek · November 9, 2017 5:11 pm

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue says he is trying to formulate contingency plans for the agriculture industry should the U.S. exit from the North American Free Trade Agreement. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

Sonny Perdue says Agriculture Department making contingency plans for a NAFTA pullout

Sean Higgins · November 8, 2017 8:49 pm