Exporting & Importing
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U.K. and EU clash over trade with 11 months to make a deal [UPDATED]
The EU insists there can be no trade deal if Britain undercuts bloc regulations
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Britain to seek Canada-style free trade deal with EU
But European officials warn Canada achieved largely tariff-free trade status by bringing many of its rules into line with EU regulations
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Johnson hails U.K.’s ‘new beginning’ as Brexit day arrives
The departure comes 3 1/2 years after the country voted by a margin of 52%-48% to walk away from the club that it had joined in 1973
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Trudeau predicts orderly Brexit with minimal trade, investment disruption
Until the end of the year, Britain remains a member of the EU, and is still bound by the continent’s sweeping free trade deal with Canada on goods and services
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Doug Ford to travel to Washington, D.C., with new Ontario-U.S. trade strategy
Ontario’s premier and Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli are set to attend the winter meeting of the National Governors Association
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Debate to enact USMCA kicks off in House of Commons [UPDATED]
The United States and Mexico have already ratified the agreement
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Brexit deal cleared by EU Parliament; U.K. set to leave Jan. 31
EU countries are already preparing for the possibility that talks on a new trade deal with Britain could collapse by the end of the year
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Trump signs off on USMCA, shifting focus, pressure back to House of Commons
“The new NAFTA is a victory for all Canadians, of every political view, and in all regions of the country,” Deputy PM Freeland said, trying to stir up support for ratification
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Virus-related downturn in N.S. lobster exports to China a blip
Nova Scotia’s fisheries minister says the province is talking to people in the industry about temporary contingency plans
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Trump to sign USMCA bill into law, clearing way for Commons debate
…But it will still take several months before the new trade rules are fully in place
