Alexander Panetta
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Alexander Panetta
Washington's No. 1 economic priority is tax cuts, not NAFTA
A U.S. lawmaker dropped a remark this week that illustrated how NAFTA is not the No. 1 economic priority in Washington these days, obscured by another paramount prerogative. That issue is tax cuts.
On anniversary of Trump election, Dems get something new to celebrate: victory
One year ago, a Democratic hangout across the river from Washington, D.C., cleared out early as dejected partisans suffered one of the most devastating, demoralizing nights in the history of their party.
Newly reported contacts between Russia and Team Trump: An updated list
One after another, details keep emerging of previously undisclosed contacts between Russians and current and former aides to President Donald Trump. The latest arrived in a massive weekend leak of financial papers.
Lock them up: How President Trump wades into justice cases
Donald Trump raised eyebrows during the election campaign by calling for the jailing of his opponent. Now he's wading into all sorts of justice matters, opining on roughly five different cases this week about who should be prosecuted, who should be executed, who should be jailed, and how he deserves exoneration.
Canadian government researched how Trump could have achieved quick NAFTA win
The Canadian government produced a paper shortly after Donald Trump's election outlining in broad strokes how the incoming U.S. president could have pursued a quick, substantive, and successful renegotiation of NAFTA.
'Saddle up': Pro-NAFTA voices in U.S. escalate fight to protect deal from Trump
The pro-NAFTA forces in Washington are escalating efforts to protect the agreement from President Donald Trump, including entertaining the idea of shielding it via some legislative mechanism.
Harper says Trudeau is ‘Napping on NAFTA’
Stephen Harper has expressed alarm over his successor's handling of NAFTA negotiations with the United States, with the former prime minister declaring the negotiations in real peril in a memo titled, "Napping on NAFTA."
NAFTA: U.S. hasn't done analysis on what happens if free-trade treaty ends
American policy-makers admit they have not worked to analyze the economic impact of the end of the NAFTA, even as President Donald Trump threatens to cancel the agreement.
NAFTA: U.S. demands end to supply management in Canadian dairy, poultry, eggs
The U.S. has lit the fuse on one of Canada's most politically explosive trade issues, asking in NAFTA talks for an end to the supply management system for dairy, chicken, eggs and turkey.
Canada's original NAFTA negotiator: Not 'end of world' if NAFTA ends
No NAFTA might be a better outcome than letting the Trump administration rewrite the rules of international trade, says John Weekes.