NAFTA talks to resume in afternoon after Canada cites ‘goodwill’
Canada insisted there was still room to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement as its officials met U.S. negotiators for a second round of talks on Wednesday.
Trump says we have to make a fair trade deal with Canada
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States should have a fair trade deal with Canada, as the two countries resumed negotiations over renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Atlanta Fed pares U.S. third-quarter GDP growth view to 4.4 percent
The U.S. economy is expanding at a 4.4 percent annualized rate in the third quarter, the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow forecast model showed on Wednesday, following the latest data on trade and auto sales.
Canada’s Freeland says trade talks with U.S. still ‘constructive’
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, departing from a meeting with the top U.S. trade negotiator, said on Wednesday talks between the two nations aimed at revamping the North American Free Trade agreement continued to be “constructive.”
Nasdaq slumps as Facebook, Twitter weigh on tech stocks
The Nasdaq tumbled on Wednesday, on pace for its biggest one-day drop in three weeks, as investors sold off technology stocks on concerns stemming from U.S. lawmakers grilling Twitter and Facebook executives over foreign efforts to tilt U.S. politics.
Justice Dept. says probing social media companies for stifling ‘free exchange of ideas’
The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it had met with state attorneys general to discuss concerns that social media platforms were “intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas.”
U.S. Congress grills Facebook, Twitter over foreign bids to tilt politics
Executives from Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc faced threats of legislative action from skeptical U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday over what many members of Congress see as a failure to combat foreign efforts to influence U.S. politics.
‘Don’t touch me,’ U.S. Senator Rubio tells conspiracy theorist Jones
Don’t mess with U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.
Senate votes to advance Trump’s pick for SEC commissioner
The U.S. Senate voted 85 to 14 on Wednesday to confirm Elad Roisman, President Donald Trump’s pick as commissioner to fill the vacant Republican seat atop Wall Street’s securities regulator.
Exclusive: China’s Dalian Wanda seeks to reduce AMC stake – sources
Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin’s real estate-to-media conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group is exploring a deal to cut its stake in AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc , the world’s largest cinema operator, people familiar with the matter said.
