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NAFTA end game: the predictable and perilous tradeoffs facing Canada
Strong-arm tactics have always been an ugly feature of Canada-U.S. trade negotiations. But in the current NAFTA renegotiation the Trump administration has taken bullying and…
Amid NAFTA turmoil, Trudeau government quietly ditches progressive trade agenda
The future of Canada’s trading relationships has been a hot topic this week. But these conversations have largely been dominated by hand-wringing about a new…
Supreme Court flattens spurious “free the beer” campaign
Photo by Camera Eye Photography (Flickr Creative Commons)
Ce n’est pas ce qu’on ajoute aux accords commerciaux, mais ce qu’on y enlève qui garantit leur caractère progressiste
Le gouvernement fédéral veut nous faire croire que l’élection de 2015 a marqué le début d’une ère du « commerce progressiste » au Canada.
Window for NAFTA deal this year is closing fast
Congressional notification May 17, 2018 Final draft text released June 16, 2018 Signing of NAFTA 2.0 August 15, 2018 Notify changes to U.S. law October…
Canada is wrong to think we need a free trade deal with Mercosur
Prime Minister Trudeau and Brazilian President Michel Temer in July 2017. I was invited to appear before a parliamentary trade committee last week on behalf…
The US wants a NAFTA deal this month; Canada should say no
Lighthizer, Guajardo and Freeland feeling the NAFTA love in April.For the past four weeks, NAFTA negotiators in Washington, D.C., have been working around the clock…
Is Canada taking a fossilized approach to energy in new NAFTA?
Prime Minister Trudeau accepts an award for his energy and environment policies at the 2017 CERAWeek energy industry conference in Houston, Texas (Global News screen…
A detailed look at the new, decidedly not-so-progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership
Protesters in New Zealand cement their feet in concrete to protest CPTPP. (Source: NewsHub)
CETA or sustainable growth: it’s time to choose
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As CETA comes into force provisionally, new cautions from Europe
Earlier this year, the Liberal government passed legislation in the House of Commons that paved the way for the full ratification of the Canada–EU Comprehensive…
Is progressive free trade a pipe dream?
Can the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) be redesigned as a progressive trade deal? Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland seems to think so. Under…
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