U.S., Canada and Mexico sign agreement – again – to replace NAFTA
Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold down prices for biologic drugs by eliminating a patent provision.
Factbox: U.S. House Democrats back USMCA: What happens next?
U.S. House Democrats on Tuesday backed a renegotiated version of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement after a year of often acrimonious negotiations with the White House, and it was signed by the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Chevron expects $10 billion-$11 billion charge in fourth quarter; plans asset sales
U.S. oil major Chevron Corp on Tuesday said it expects to write down the value of its assets $10 billion to $11 billion this quarter and is considering selling some natural gas projects to prepare for long term low prices.
Wall Street slips as tariff deadline closes in
Wall Street’s main stock indexes ended slightly lower on Tuesday, though not far from record highs, as investors awaited concrete news on whether a new round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods would take effect on Dec. 15, a potential turning point in a …
Factbox: Labor, environment, drugs top changes to North American trade deal
Stronger worker and environmental protections top changes to a new version of the North American trade deal signed by U.S., Mexican and Canadian officials on Tuesday that clears the way for a long-delayed vote in the U.S. Congress.
Senate Democratic leader Schumer ‘waiting to see the writing’ on USMCA
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he would wait to see the written form of the U.S. Mexico Canada trade pact before making a determination on it.
United Steelworkers union says supports approval of revised USMCA trade deal
The United Steelworkers International (USW) union on Tuesday said it supported approval of a revised U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement to replace the 1994 NAFTA trade agreement that it said had sent U.S. jobs to Mexico and depressed wages.
Huawei’s CFO wins Canada court fight to see more documents related to her arrest
Lawyers for Huawei’s chief financial officer have won a court battle after a judge asked Canada’s attorney general to hand over more evidence and documents relating to the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, according to a court ruling released on Tuesday.
U.S. attorney general says Big Tech probes to be completed next year
U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Tuesday that he hoped to have Justice Department investigations of the big tech platforms – Facebook Inc , Alphabet Inc’s Google, Amazon.com Inc and Apple Inc – completed next year.
Global stocks, dollar slip as U.S.-China trade deadline looms
The dollar eased and global stock markets slipped on Tuesday as uncertainty kept risk appetite in check days ahead of the Dec. 15 deadline for a new round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports.
