NAFTA

OPINION: Mexico’s ban on US products could result in a shot in the foot for the Aztec country

Foreign Minister says "enormous progress" in Mexico-U.S. relations following Wednesday's night call between President Peña Nieto and his U.S. counterpart

"Yo iba a sacar a nuestro país del TLCAN en dos o tres días, pero el presidente de México y el primer ministro de Canadá me llamaron y yo accedí a renegociar", dijo hoy Trump

"We have to make an effort to send a very clear message to the markets what this negotiation is going to be about"

Mexico can now impose annual trade sanctions worth USD$163.23 million against the U. S.

Thomas Donohue, president and chief executive of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said his organization has been urging the Trump administration to amend but not end the NAFTA

WORLD: "We are going to defend our workers, protect our jobs and finally put America first”

Exports of Mexico's gourmet maize could start to reverse flood of cheap U.S. yellow corn imports that have pushed more than 1 million Mexican farmers off their fields since 1994 NAFTA

Under the trilateral trade deal, rules of origin can specify that products must meet minimum regional (NAFTA-wide) content requirements to be tariff-free, but there are no national content requirements