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Hot Topics in International Trade - August 2025 - Japan and U.S. Trade Agreement

After challenging negotiations and rising tariff tensions, the U.S. and Japan have reached a trade deal. This agreement precedes the August 1st tariff deadline, preventing a scheduled 25% tariff increase on Japanese...more

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Five Hot Button Trade Issues for the Electric Mobility Industry in 2024

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The Electric Mobility industry is on track for another exciting year. However, current and forthcoming US agency regulations continue to inject confusion and costs in critical supply decisions, for which legal tools can...more

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United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA)

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The United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA) goes into effect today, replacing the 25 year old NAFTA treaty. Updating NAFTA was one of the highest priorities of the Trump administration; USMCA eventually garnered...more

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Nota Bene Episode 70: Examining the USMCA: Is it Simply a Rebranded NAFTA? with Scott Maberry

As trade with our North American neighbors continues to evolve and grow, we’re taking a closer look at the newly ratified United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and examining how the new Agreement will impact trade...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.30.2020 | Top Story: Facebook Pays $550 Million to Resolve Privacy Class Action Over Use of Facial...

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Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit claiming that Zuck & Co.’s use of facial recognition technology violated Illinois’ biometric privacy law. Though the settlement is little more than “a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Modernizing NAFTA: The United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement

On January 16, 2020, the United States Senate voted by an overwhelming majority to pass the implementing legislation for the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) after months of tense negotiations with...more

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US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Advantages Over NAFTA Relating To Intellectual Property, Agriculture and Automotive Manufacturing

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Passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has recently been characterized by the media as a political issue, with President Trump pushing for a vote by year’s end and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi not...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.22.2019 | Top Story: WeWork Cuts Nearly 20% of Global Workforce

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The first cuts from WeWork hit this week, and they’ll take the form of 2,400 employees around the world—some 20% of the struggling company’s workforce....more

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Summary of Automotive Provisions of USMCA*

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The automotive industry has a long history in North America. For example, Ford started making cars in the US in 1903. It started making cars in Canada in 1904....more

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Import Duties to Be Paid in U.S. to Solve Immigration and Bring Back Manufacturing. Really?

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Due to what was firstly characterized as an illegal immigration crisis, and then as a measure to force companies to leave Mexico and return to the U.S., the Trump administration announced that starting June 10, 2019, it plans...more

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The United States and the European Union Are Expected To Begin Formal Trade Negotiations Soon

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Prospects for a trade agreement between the United States and the European Union improved when the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee passed a resolution calling for the initiation of formal trade discussions...more

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Outlook for US Trade Policy and the World Trade Organization in 2019

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The year 2018 may be remembered as a turning point for US trade policy and the international trading system. The Trump administration took several unilateral trade actions, including the imposition of global "national...more

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New United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

On November 30, 2018 the United States, Mexico, and Canada formally signed the new cross-border trading agreement known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (the "USMCA"), ending almost two years of economic...more

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Regional Shake-Up or More of the Same? How the USMCA Impacts North American Trade

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The Situation: The United States, Canada, and Mexico recently reached an agreement in principle to revise and replace the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA") with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement ("USMCA")....more

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International Trade: A New Dawn for North American Trade

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The business community, lawmakers and even workers across North America breathed a collective sigh of relief on October 1, 2018, after the renegotiated NAFTA agreement was unveiled. Following negotiations that had become...more

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Understanding and Coping with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement: USMCA Updates NAFTA Rules of Origin for Motor Vehicles and Auto...

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On September 30, 2018, the United States, Mexico and Canada announced that they have reached an agreement on a “new, modernized trade agreement for the 21st Century” (USTR, 09/30/2018). Going by the new name of the...more

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AFTA NAFTA: USMCA and the path forward

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On 30 September, after an intensive, last-minute flurry of negotiations, Canada joined the United States and Mexico in a new trilateral agreement to replace the original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA 1.0). ...more

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Meet the New NAFTA, Same as the Old NAFTA

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After all the gloom and doom and worry, the United States, Canada and Mexico tweaked the North American Free Trade Agreement. Most importantly (apparently), they changed the name. Banished is NAFTA. In its place is the United...more

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U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Announced

On Sunday, September 30, President Trump reached an agreement with the governments of Canada and Mexico to revise and modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Publishing the text of the new agreement just...more

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Introducing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

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After 13 months of negotiations, the United States, Mexico and Canada have concluded the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The USMCA is designed to replace the quarter-century-old North American Free Trade...more

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The Ins and Outs of Canada’s New Trade Agreement and NAFTA Replacement, the USMCA

On September 30, 2018, Canada and the United States resolved outstanding trade issues and announced that they, together with Mexico, agreed to a trilateral United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Once ratified, the...more

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Free Trade Agreement Between U.S. and Mexico Sounds Good, but What Was Really Agreed Upon?

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On August 27, 2018, the United States and Mexico publicized that they have reached a "preliminary agreement in principle" to update NAFTA. The third treaty-partner, Canada, would then join the negotiations on what is assumed...more

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Mexico and U.S. Are Back in Business

The United States and Mexico reached a preliminary agreement on revisions to the North American Free Trade Agreement on Monday, ending months of political uncertainty and threats of harsh international trade policies between...more

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Here Comes the U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement

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The North American Free Trade Agreement – NAFTA for short – just took one step closer to no longer existing. As originally reported by the NY Times, the United States and Mexico announced that they had reached agreement on...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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As expected based on news over the weekend, the US and Mexico have announced a preliminary deal to revise “key portions” of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Notably, Canada is thus far left out in the cold....more

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