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- “European and North American Politicians Are Plotting the Biggest Trade Deal of the 21st Century”
According to CNN, EU and Canadian officials sat down in Prague to begin discussions on a new Free Trade Agreement. Let’s just say, discussions went well because if the other NAFTA countries sign in, this could be the ‘biggest trade deal of the 21st century.’ NAFTA-EU trade would contain nearly 1 billion people and account for $35.2 [...] - Canada Settles Its Anti – “Buy American” Ban
Canadian officials have come up with a resolution that threatened to ban American companies to bid on city contracts because of the ‘Buy American’ push by the United States says Canadian news source, CBC News. The threat to ban American companies deminished after it was reported that the U.S. would exempt Canada from the “Buy American” created [...] - Calling All Exporters: We Need Your Help!
We would like to invite you to participate in an industry survey on companies’ uses of an Export Management System. With the results, we hope to advance industry knowledge of best practices and better understand export compliance operations and processes across a wide spectrum of organizations. Take the 2009 Export Compliance Survey Your answers [...] - Mexico Fires All of Its Customs Inspectors
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Mexican officials have fired all 700 customs inspectors to root out corruption. 1,400 newly trained inspectors are hired as replacements. The new inspectors were heavily trained to detect fire arms, drugs, tvs, and other popular items smuggled into Mexico on a daily basis. The inspectors were replaced with 1,400 agents who [...] - NAFTA Trade Update
According to The Journal of Commerce trade surface transportation has fallen by 31 percent in June as compared to last year statistics. June was the ninth month in row showing a decline in trade and the eighth showing a double digit loss. U.S.–Canada surface transportation trade totaled $31 billion in June, down 36.6 percent compared [...] - NAFTA Trade at an All Time Low on Record
Surface transportation between the U.S., Canada and Mexico has dropped by almost 35 percent over the last 5 months, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Canadian-U.S. surface trade is down by 40 percent, more than Mexico-U.S. Could the rise of gas prices, the recession and the recent discussions concerning tighting border patrol have anything to [...] - Tired of Waiting on NAFTA-Cross Border Trade Heats Up
On June 2nd, the Journal of Commerce reported that the Mexican National Trucking Association is tired of waiting for the U.S. to reestablish its trucking program to enter in and out of the U.S. Since March, the Department of Transportation and the Mexican National Trucking Association has been working on a new cross border trucking program, paperwork should [...]
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