News - NAFTA

The Chair of Sask Pork says pork producers have been frustrated by the impact the rhetoric coming out of North American trade negotiations has had on hog prices this summer.

The Canadian Pork Council is applauding progress on the renegotiation of North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute observes, after just over a year of negotiations on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement a deal looks possible but big questions remain.

In light of the lack of progress in negotiations aimed at modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement, Keystone Agricultural Producers is urging the federal government to ratify the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Canada’s Agriculture Minister says Canada’s agricultural community has been very supportive of the federal government’s handling of issues related to Canada-U.S. trade.

The Canadian Global Affairs Institute suggests despite escalating protectionism in the United States, support within the U.S. for NAFTA remains strong.

An Economist with Kerns and Associates says retaliatory tariffs imposed on U.S. pork by China and Mexico are likely to have a limited negative impact on U.S. hog prices, unless the situation escalates to the point that it brings down the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The National Pork Producers Council is hoping for a quick resolution to the U.S. dispute over imported aluminum and steel.

The Vice-President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute says participants in discussion aimed at modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement have become highly invested in successfully concluding the negotiations.

Premier Brian Pallister recently reaffirmed Manitoba’s continued support for free trade and open markets, which follows the recent conclusion of the seventh round of North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations in Mexico.