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U.S., Canadian Negotiators Seek to Save NAFTA

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08/30/2018

08/30/2018

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U.S., Canadian Negotiators Seek to Save NAFTA

Top News: American and Canadian negotiators are racing to reach an agreement on revisions to North American Free Trade Agreement ahead of a Friday deadline.

The renewed push to complete negotiations comes on the heels of an announcement by the United States and Mexico on a set of reforms to the agreement.

After weeks of stalemated talks, officials from both Canada and the United States appear optimistic that they will reach an agreement, though significant disagreements remain on sensitive issues, including the dairy market and anti-dumping provisions.

Trump administration: U.S. immigration authorities are increasingly denying passports to American citizens and questioning whether they committed fraud in order to become citizens in the first place, the Washington Post reports. The increased scrutiny of passport applications appears to be centered on states bordering Mexico may affect hundreds, if not thousands, of Hispanics in the region.

AFRICA

•  At least two people died after looters attacked foreign-owned shops in the township of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa.

•  British Prime Minister Theresa May said during a visit to Nairobi that the U.K. will continue its free trade relationship with Kenya after leaving the European Union.

•  Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party is considering raising the age limit for seeking the presidency in an apparent bid to sideline the recently defeated opposition candidate, Nelson Chamisa.

AMERICAS

•  A Wall Street Journal report details a wide-ranging lobbying effort by Qatar in Washington to win the support of the Trump administration.

•  The Argentine government requested that the IMF disburse a $50 billion loan ahead of schedule as the country copes with high inflation and a weak peso.

•  The U.N.’s top human rights official warned that the Nicaraguan government and its allies are engaging in widespread human-rights abuses.

ASIA

•  President Donald Trump said the United States shouldn’t be “spending large amounts of money on joint U.S.-South Korea war games,” appearing to break with earlier comments from his defense secretary.

•  The Australian government said it would deny the whistleblower Chelsea Manning a visa to enter Australia for a speaking tour.

•  The United States warned India that it could face sanctions over the purchase of a Russian anti-aircraft missile system.

EUROPE

•  German authorities are investigating the leak of an arrest warrant of an Iraqi man that inspired far-right protests.

•  The European Union’s top Brexit negotiator said Brussels should prepare for the U.K.’s exit from the bloc without an agreement.

•  French and British fishing boats clashed off the coast of France over a dispute amid access to scallop fishing grounds.

MIDDLE EAST

•  A source close to the Syrian government claimed the Assad regime is preparing a phased assault on Idlib province, the last major area of rebel-controlled territory in Syria.

•  Russian defense authorities announced a major Mediterranean naval exercise that a newspaper described as the largest of its kind since Russia sent forces to Syria in 2015.

•  The Saudi-led coalition that has intervened in the Yemeni civil war rejected the findings of a U.N. report that some coalition attacks may constitute war crimes.

- By Elias Groll

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