U.S. steel exports are down slightly so far this year and could fall more because of friction with major trading partners Canada, Mexico and the European Union.

Once it takes effect, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement will enable European firms to boost their exports of wine, spirits, and beer, as well as other types of beverages, into Vietnam, which is thirsty for drinks.

The EU hopes that responding to Washington’s tariffs with similar moves will force the U.S. to think again

The legislation needed to ratify the pending Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement will be presented to the House of Commons before it rises for the summer, Canada’s international trade minister says.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says as long as there is a possibility to save NAFTA that should be Canada’s priority.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump take part in a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2017. Donald Trump's leading economic adviser says the U.S. president wants to strike separate bilateral trade deals with Canada and Mexico rather than continue renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. (SEAN KILPATRICK / CP)

The collapse of the North American Free Trade Agreement would cut at least 0.4 percent from Canada’s economic growth, the IMF said Monday, after negotiations to revamp the 1994 pact bogged down.

Mexican firms will need to cut deals with suppliers and consider buying goods elsewhere once a conflict over US steel and aluminum import tariffs starts to bite.

Trade deals cover many key issues besides trade and have huge implications for economic and social development, so they should also come under review by the new government

What do the Trump tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel, announced last week, have to do with the transition to a low-carbon economy? When it comes to my steel fabrication company in Cambridge, Ont., quite a bit actually.