March 1, 2009 - March 7, 2009

Obama 'health summit' delays ex-Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk's Cabinet ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
... among them a "collaborative" effort with Canada and Mexico "to identify ways in which NAFTA could be improved without having an adverse effect on trade" ...

Ottawa studies division sale
London Free Press - Canada
The Industry Ministry released a statement last Friday saying that the sale does not violate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). ...

Obama's plan for unfree trade
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The Obama administration will not attempt to renegotiate NAFTA, as Mr. Obama once threatened. And it is committed to "a strong, market-opening agreement for ...

Doing business in three languages
Financial Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
If the opportunities that have opened up as a result of NAFTA are any indication of what further trade agreements with Latin American countries will bring, ...

Democrats Likely to Run Cross-Border Trucking Project Off the Road
Washington Post - United States
Under NAFTA, Mexican trucking companies were promised authority to operate in US markets beyond a circumscribed "commercial zone" where they had to drop ...

Obama signals tough stance on Doha
Financial Times - London,England,UK
The report also said that Washington would ask Canada and Mexico to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), a three-way trade pact concluded ...

Dick Gephardt: From NAFTA foe to the US Chamber
Harper's Magazine - New York,NY,USA
By Ken Silverstein Remember Dick Gephardt, the former House House Majority Leader, mortal foe of NAFTA and overall friend of the working class? ...

Senator urges Obama not to alter NAFTA farm terms
Reuters - USA
Obama also said he wanted to amend NAFTA investment provisions that critics said gave businesses too much power to challenge domestic regulations in the ...

Congress may cut off spending on Mexican trucks
International Herald Tribune - France
If the US doesn't comply with the NAFTA agreement, Mexico can take retaliatory action such as placing or raising tariffs on US goods. ...

Mexico: Trucking Program May End
New York Times - United States
If the United States does not comply with the Nafta agreement, Mexico can take retaliatory action like placing or raising tariffs on American goods. ...

Mexican Truck Program Might Get Funds Cut
KFOXtv.com - El Paso,TX,USA
Some fear if the US doesn't comply with the NAFTA agreement, Mexico can retaliate, placing or raising tariffs on US goods. “I just wish there were more ...