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U.S., Canada and Mexico reach agreement - again - to replace NAFTA

U.S., Canada and Mexico reach agreement - again - to replace NAFTA

Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of their quarter-century-old regional trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold down prices for biologic drugs by eliminating a patent provision.



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Amazon issues fix after some Blink home cameras found vulnerable to hacking

Amazon issues fix after some Blink home cameras found vulnerable to hacking

Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it had issued a fix to rectify security flaws in certain of its Blink home camera systems after a cyber security firm found vulnerabilities that could let hackers hijack the device.



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Trump's Dec. 15 China tariffs threaten a long list of Christmas favorites

Trump's Dec. 15 China tariffs threaten a long list of Christmas favorites

U.S. President Donald Trump has days to decide whether to impose tariffs on nearly $160 billion in Chinese consumer goods just weeks before Christmas, a move that could be unwelcome in both the United States and China.



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U.S. Justice Department to review Google's deal for Fitbit: source

U.S. Justice Department to review Google's deal for Fitbit: source

The U.S. Justice Department will review plans by Alphabet Inc-owned Google to buy fitness tracker maker Fitbit Inc for possible antitrust issues, a source told Reuters on Tuesday.



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U.S. top trade official lauds USMCA as model for future trade deals

U.S. top trade official lauds USMCA as model for future trade deals

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said an historic agreement on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement would benefit U.S. farmers, workers and ranchers for years to come.



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Wall Street edges higher on tariff delay hopes

Wall Street edges higher on tariff delay hopes

Wall Street's indexes edged higher in choppy trading on Tuesday after a report that the United States and China were planning to delay a new round of tariffs set to kick in on Dec. 15.



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Asian shares drift as tariff deadline looms, pound eases on YouGov poll

Asian shares drift as tariff deadline looms, pound eases on YouGov poll

Asian stocks drifted on Wednesday as Sino-U.S. trade talks showed little progress ahead of a weekend deadline for the imposition of additional U.S. tariffs, and the pound wobbled as opinion polls pointed to a tight British election on Thursday.



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Factbox: House Democrats back USMCA - What happens next?

Factbox: House Democrats back USMCA - What happens next?

U.S. House Democrats on Tuesday backed a renegotiated version of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement after a year of often acrimonious negotiations with the White House, and it was signed by the United States, Canada and Mexico.



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Focus squarely on Trump as December 15 tariffs loom in U.S.-China trade war

Focus squarely on Trump as December 15 tariffs loom in U.S.-China trade war

U.S. President Donald Trump has days to decide whether to impose tariffs on nearly $160 billion in Chinese consumer goods just weeks before Christmas, a move that could be unwelcome in both the United States and China.



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Meltdowns and touchdowns: How the U.S. scored a Canada-Mexico trade deal

Meltdowns and touchdowns: How the U.S. scored a Canada-Mexico trade deal

Revising the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement took a year of acrimonious talks among Democrats, the chief U.S. negotiator and a labor union president - and may have set a world record for phones being slammed down in anger, according to one negotiator.



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Asian shares adrift as tariff deadline looms

Asian shares adrift as tariff deadline looms

Asian stocks flatlined on Wednesday as Sino-U.S. trade talks approached a weekend deadline with little sign of progress, while a tightening of the UK election race knocked the pound.



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Trump will have final say on U.S.-China trade deal: White House trade adviser

Trump will have final say on U.S.-China trade deal: White House trade adviser

U.S. President Donald Trump will be the one to make the final decision on tariffs and the U.S.-China trade deal, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said on Tuesday.



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GM, doubling down on big SUVs, unveils longer Chevy Tahoe, Suburban

GM, doubling down on big SUVs, unveils longer Chevy Tahoe, Suburban

General Motors Co could expand the lineup of vehicles using its large truck and sport utility vehicle architecture and sees big opportunities in over-the-air software updates, President Mark Reuss told Reuters on Tuesday.



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United Steelworkers union says supports approval of revised USMCA trade deal

United Steelworkers union says supports approval of revised USMCA trade deal

The United Steelworkers International (USW) union on Tuesday said it supported approval of a revised U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement to replace the 1994 NAFTA trade agreement that it said had sent U.S. jobs to Mexico and depressed wages.



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Factbox: Labor, environment, drugs top changes to North American trade deal

Factbox: Labor, environment, drugs top changes to North American trade deal

Stronger worker and environmental protections top the changes to a new version of the North American trade deal signed by top U.S., Mexican and Canadian officials on Tuesday that clears the way for a long-delayed vote in the U.S. Congress.



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