How a US mining firm sued Mexico for billions – for trying to protect its own seabed
Local fishers helped halt underwater mining off Baja California’s coast in 2018. But then an obscure international legal process was put into motion
September 2023
Ohio’s Democratic senator fights to keep one of the party’s most threatened seats
Sherrod Brown is popular among blue-collar workers and people of color, but seat is not assured in increasingly Republican state
July 2023
No Trade Is Free review: Trump’s man plots an unusually civil course
Robert Lighthizer, once US trade representative, is a rare aide of little interest to investigators. His readable book shows why
August 2020
Canada to retaliate dollar for dollar after US announces 10% tariff on aluminum
Canada to impose C$3.6bn in tariffs as Chrystia Freeland says: ‘Any American who buys a can of beer … will suffer’
July 2020
Justin Trudeau snubs Nafta meeting with Trump in Washington
Mexico’s president to meet Trump on Wednesday but Canada PM had spoken of concern about US tariffs on metals last week
June 2020
Top Mexican labour lawyer arrested after activism in US-owned factories
Susana Prieto Terrazas filmed her own arrest in the border city of Matamoros where she has advised maquiladora factory workers
January 2020
Senate approves revamped North American trade deal
Trump is expected to sign the United States-Mexico-Canada pact (USMCA) next week
December 2019
US, Mexico and Canada sign revised trade deal to replace Nafta
Pact was agreed more than a year ago but Democrats insisted on major changes to improve enforcement of worker rights
May 2019
Donald Trump defends tariffs on Mexico as stock markets reel
After 5% tariff announced, president tweets ‘Mexico has taken advantage of the US for decades’
December 2018
Trump threatens to shut border 'entirely' unless Democrats fund wall
Warning came on seventh day of shutdown that began after Trump refused to accept legislation unless it contained wall money
2018: the year the global order frayed
The world in 2018, part two The United Nations, World Trade Organisation and Nato were all undermined as Donald Trump led a move away from the postwar order
Trump to give Congress formal notice he will 'shortly' terminate Nafta
Move will give lawmakers six months to approve a new trade deal signed on Friday by the US, Canada and Mexico
November 2018
Trump signs trade pact with Canada and Mexico to replace Nafta
Each country’s legislature must also approve the agreement but Democrats in the US are already demanding changes
