Approved by Congress and signed by President Trump on January 29, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is one big step closer to entering into force. Mexico was first to ratify the trade pact on June 19, 2019. Canada’s House of Commons will be taking up the USMCA this...
USTR Outlines Objectives in Renegotiating NAFTA
The USTR plan for renegotiating NAFTA is largely about bringing it in line with trade policies developed since 1994. What’s really new: The U.S. states its goal is to reduce the U.S. trade deficit. Talks are set to open August 16. The first round of talks to revise...
Global Fastener News Taps Datamyne to Tally US Trade
After falling in December, US exports of iron and steel fasteners rebounded 7% in January of this year, with gains in shipments to NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico, as well as France, reports GlobalFastenerNews.com, based on its analysis of Datamyne trade data....
WTO Rules US COOL Unfair to Canada, Mexico
Are the NAFTA partners getting set to trade sanctions instead of imports and exports? The US is being urged to drop its country-of-origin labeling requirement for imported meat and livestock following the World Trade Organization’s decision in favor of the Canadian...
Datamyne to Offer Canadian Import-Export Trade Data
Coverage of leading US trading partner begins with data on 2012 and 2013 trade MIAMI – May 14, 2014 - Datamyne announced that it will be offering online access to data on the import-export trade of Canada, the US’s top export market, second-ranked source for imports...
Peru Ramps up Ag Exports
Cultivating what the world wants to eat pays off If you follow FreshPlaza, the portal for global produce news, (and we do) you may have noticed the news on Peruvian agricultural exports is all good. Peru’s export sales of table grapes to newly opened Asian markets are...
Mexico Tweets
Ambassador to the US Arturo Sarukhan plugs benefits of NAFTA Over the next few days, Ambassador Sarukhan promises to deliver – via twitter – powerful examples of how trade with Mexico benefits the US economy and helps create US jobs. Here are some of the examples he’s...
Game Changer
Colombian importers go shopping in Canada as FTA enters into force Last year, Compania de Galletas Noel SAS imported $22,875,271 worth (the FOB value in US$ on 111,264,125 kilograms) of wheat from the US, Datamyne’s trade data shows. Next year, the Colombian maker of...
Fresh Resource for Food Exporters
A new free database offers access to international regulations on food additives The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has developed, with a grant from the Department of Agriculture, an International Food Additive Database designed to provide easy access to...
Trade Beef
US cattleman urges action on FTAs as competitors vie for overseas markets The US agricultural sector pressed its case for ratification of pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea before the US House of Representatives Committee on...