by - December 10, 2019 12:42 pm
President Trump and Congressional Democrats struck a deal Tuesday (Dec. 10) on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a reset of the 25-year old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). For months,…
by - December 3, 2018 8:00 am
The United States, Mexico, and Canada reached a tentative agreement to strike a new North American trade deal, and President Donald Trump has given Congress six months to approve the…
by - October 1, 2018 5:05 pm
Out with the old acronym, in the with the new. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. has completed its renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, and…
by - April 5, 2018 1:46 pm
Fernando Marti, trade and investment commissioner for ProMexico, said he met earlier this week with J.B. Hunt, Tyson Foods, Walmart and a few small private businesses in Northwest Arkansas to…
by - March 8, 2018 11:08 am
Other than the United States, the two favorite countries among Northeast Arkansas farmers and others who benefit from the region’s vital agriculture sector are Canada and Mexico. Which is why…
by - January 31, 2018 9:30 pm
U.S. trade officials began renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) soon after President Donald Trump took office. The agreement, signed in 1994, has been a boon to the…
by - January 20, 2018 10:25 am
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said Friday that he is confident that the U.S., Canada and Mexico will come to a resolution on a new North American Free Trade…
by - December 11, 2017 7:00 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has submitted letters to the president encouraging favorable positioning of agriculture during efforts to rewrite trade deals, Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach said. Trade has been…
by - November 6, 2017 4:23 pm
A coalition of 85 agriculture-related organizations have drafted a letter warning U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross about the negative impacts of withdrawing from North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)….
by - July 30, 2017 9:38 am
Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive Director Mike Preston said Gov. Asa Hutchinson and President Donald Trump’s administration deserve credit for the breakthrough with the reopening of U.S.-China rice and beef…
by - July 5, 2017 8:50 pm
President Donald Trump’s move to “modernize” the North American Free Trade Agreement is seen by Arkansas trade officials as an opportunity to include more service exports and update the 1994…
