Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Wednesday

USA-IMMIGRATION/MEXICO

An international disaster relief organization reported Tuesday the first confirmed case of COVID-19 among migrants living in a tent encampment of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Here's what's happening with the novel coronavirus around the world.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-july-1-covid-19-1.5634034?cmp=rss

Reopening the Canada-U.S. border will be a long, piecemeal process

AMBASSADOR BRIDGE trucks trade

The Donald Trump era began in 2015 with a promise to build a wall between the United States and Mexico. Five years later, the Trump era may end with citizens in much of the rest of the world — Canadians, in particular — insisting on a virtual wall between themselves and the United States.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-u-s-border-pandemic-covid-coronavirus-1.5633650?cmp=rss

What you need to know about China's new national security law for Hong Kong

Hong Kong China Security Law

China's national security law for Hong Kong has sparked fears that Beijing continues to encroach on Hong Kong's autonomy while curtailing a number of its freedoms. CBC explains what the new law is about and some of the concerns surrounding its passage.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-hong-kong-national-security-law-1.5633277?cmp=rss

In a world economy reshaped by a virus, the new North American trade deal takes effect

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As negotiators shook hands on the revised North American free trade agreement, they couldn’t have foreseen the fundamental upheaval their countries would soon be facing thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. If the Trudeau government is looking to celebrate something this Canada Day, it may be the relative security of the status quo that was more or less preserved in the talks.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nafta-pandemic-covid-coronavirus-trade-1.5633548?cmp=rss

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

After security law's passage, Hong Kong marks China rule

Hong Kong China

Hong Kong's leader strongly endorsed the new security law China's central government is imposing on the semi-autonomous territory in her speech marking Wednesday's anniversary of its handover from colonial Britain.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-security-law-1.5634004?cmp=rss