News - Economy of North America
Specialty fabrics manufacturers are likely to be latest FTA collateral damage WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Automotive has appointed Brad Jackson as Director of Communications for its NAFTA Region.
DALLAS, July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mesa Power Group LLC, a Texas-based renewable energy development company, has initiated the first step in a legal claim against the Canadian government for violations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) while the company was pursuing 565 megawatts of wind energy projects in western Ontario. In its filing, Mesa Power specifically noted Canada's failure to meet its international law obligations contained in NAFTA with respect to Ontario's Green Energy Act and subsequent Feed-In Tariff Program (FITP). "Mesa Power was surprised by unanticipated and last-minute rule changes to the Ontario Power Authority process that allowed wind projects to move from one region to another and interconnect with long, high voltage transmission lines," said Cole Robertson, a company executive.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 26,000 Pennsylvania jobs have been lost or displaced since 1994 as a result of the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico, according to a new study from the Economic Policy Institute.
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Outlining the need to regain full duty-free access to the U.S. dairy industry's largest export market, IDFA strongly supports the proposed cross-border trucking agreement between the United States and Mexico developed by the U.S.
