Patrick Kilbride North America is having a political moment. Parties are not just polarized, but at times seem worlds apart. How leaders in North America react to the current paradigm will shape the future of the region for years. The decisions we make on the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) today will have ramifications […]
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The Role of Intellectual Property in NAFTA Modernization
FoxNews.com Op-ed: NAFTA: The hard work to modernize the agreement begins now
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 – 9:00am Thomas J. Donohue Negotiators from the United States, Mexico, and Canada will begin Wednesday the formal process of modernizing one of the world’s most important trade pacts. By updating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), they have the opportunity to spur a new era of growth that promises […]
U.S. Food & Agriculture Letter on NAFTA Chapter 19
35 U.S. food and agricultural organizations sent a letter to the administration requesting that efforts to “do no harm” in the NAFTA modernization negotiations include “preserving and improving upon dispute settlement provisions under Chapter 19”. The group notes that the chapter provides an effective tool to hold “Mexican and Canadian anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duties […]
Op-Ed in The Hill: To enhance or restrict: US must choose the former for NAFTA
Jose W. Fernandez, Partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and Christopher Padilla, Vice President for Government Affairs at IBM, argue that while the U.S. private sector supports the U.S. administration’s effort to modernize NAFTA, it should be ready to urge Congress to reject any deal that is broadly more trade restrictive. Read the full […]
PIIE: U.S. Trade Deficit with Mexico will Expand if NAFTA Falls Apart
The consensus view of economists is that neither the broad U.S. trade balance nor the U.S. trade balance with a specific trading partner is an appropriate gauge of whether a particular set of trade policies—or trade agreements—is delivering benefits to the American people (more on that here and here). Regardless, it is clear that terminating […]
Poll: Only 6 Percent of Americans Think U.S. Should Withdraw from NAFTA
Support for a withdrawal from NAFTA is very low among Americans, according to a poll commissioned by Livingston International. The survey, which was conducted online by Harris Poll, revealed that 45 percent of Americans believe the agreement has contributed to U.S. economic growth and 57 percent of Americans believe withdrawal from the agreement will result […]
USA Today Editorial Board: Terminating NAFTA Would Push USA Backward
USA Today’s Editorial Board outlined the rationale for remaining in NAFTA, noting that the agreement could use an update. “Pulling out of NAFTA would be a grave mistake. It would punish the many innovative U.S. companies and farm interests that have thrived under the 23-year-old free trade agreement. And it would make U.S. industry less […]
What Rules of Origin Mean for North American Competitiveness
As the Chamber has said before, we strongly believe the modernization of the NAFTA is a reasonable and achievable goal. However, ideas like raising the percentage in the rules of origin chapter is one reason companies regard these negotiations with trepidation that the outcome could endanger the rules that have made North America the most competitive place in the world.
First in a Series: Growth and Opportunity for North America
The Chamber was a strong voice for the American business community during the original NAFTA negotiations 25 years ago, and we welcome the opportunity to update the agreement. Our economy has changed in exciting ways over recent decades—partly because of the trade, growth, and cooperation the NAFTA has promoted. Now we have an opportunity to make the agreement even better and, in doing so, to launch a new age of economic growth and job creation.
