Tag: Mexico

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

White House director of legislative affairs noted that more than two dozen Senate Democrats voted for 700 miles of border fencing in 2006, but now are threatening to shut down the government over funding for President Trump's border wall. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

White House on why Democrats hate the wall: ‘They don’t want the president to have a win’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 17, 2017 11:49 am

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

President Trump and Republicans have said the spending bill for fiscal year 2018 must include funding for the border wall. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he’ll insist on border wall funding

Pete Kasperowicz · October 16, 2017 6:31 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

A group of House Democrats and Republicans will head to sectors in southern Texas and California for a three-day border expedition next week. They will meet with federal officials and hear them speak about the challenges they face in securing the border. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

House Democrats and Republicans head to southern border for 3-day expedition next week

Anna Giaritelli · October 13, 2017 2:16 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

Yali Nunez's journey to Capitol Hill was long and harrowing, but she's found the American Dream. (Courtesy photo)

From Cuba to Capitol Hill: One RNC staffer’s journey to the US

Melissa Quinn · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

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

Wellton Station Border Patrol agents tracked the group Thursday morning as they smuggled the marijuana from Mexico into the U.S. near Gila Bend, Ariz. (Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Border Patrol arrests 10 camouflagued drug mules smuggling 390 pounds of pot

Anna Giaritelli · October 6, 2017 8:09 pm