by Sarita Jackson | May 15, 2020 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA
Over the last few months, digital trade, although nothing new, has become even more important in supporting crucial services during the coronavirus health pandemic. For instance, digital technology became helpful in quickly sharing information about the virus and to...
by Sarita Jackson | Feb 15, 2020 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, U.S. Trade Policy, USMCA
Last week’s State of the Union address highlighted the success of replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The speech presented several key benefits for the automotive sector that are dissected in this...
by Sarita Jackson | Jul 19, 2019 | Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA
Listen to this same blog post on our podcast at https://soundcloud.com/griit/what-you-need-to-know-about-labor-requirements-and-ftas Trade deals may now begin to include a labor value content (LVC) rule. Well, at least one trade deal includes the LVC rule. That is the...
by Sarita Jackson | Apr 29, 2019 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, U.S. Trade Policy, USMCA
The year 2019 will be a determining year for trade relations between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Currently, the fate of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which is designed to modernize the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), rests in the...
by Sarita Jackson | Nov 16, 2018 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA
We still have a way to go regarding the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), as I have shared with business owners and executives throughout Southern California. As a result, North American trade is still operating under the original North American Free Trade Agreement...
by Sarita Jackson | Nov 3, 2018 | Asia, Philippines, Trade Agreements, U.S. Trade Policy, Updates
There have been talks about U.S. interest in trade talks with the Philippines starting this month. (News reports indicated that the United States and the Philippines were going to enter into trade talks in September.) We will see what happens this month. However,...
