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1. NAFTA renegotiations—a missed opportunity for Canada

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, November 19, 2018 For more than a year, Trudeau government officials grappled with the Trump administration to strike a trade deal that, according to the prime minister, was good for Canadians. In reality, however, the ...

2. New trade deal increases American sway over Canada

   Appeared in the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal, October 13, 2018 The great vociferous North American trade negotiations are finally over, and while the deal could still be derailed by the coming November mid-term elections in the United States, it’s very ...

3. Trudeau government should concede on key NAFTA issues for the benefit of most Canadians

   Appeared in National Newswatch, September 29, 2018 According to U.S. officials, if Canada does not reach a deal with the United States for a trilateral NAFTA pact by September 30, Washington will proceed with a Mexico-only agreement, leaving Canada out in ...

4. Trudeau government must act now on trade, taxes as possible recession looms

   Appeared in the Moncton Times & Transcript, September 28, 2018 As Parliament resumes, Canada’s policymakers face a turbulent state of affairs as the United States and China wage an economic Cold War armed with tariffs and Ottawa continues negotiating ...

5. The Canadian economy at the precipice

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver, September 18, 2018 Any projection of the Canadian economy’s trajectory depends heavily upon one’s outlook for the ongoing NAFTA negotiations. If the United States and Canada renew NAFTA, the outlook for Canada’s economy ...

6. Canada's trade hurdle—it's all about supply management

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, September 4, 2018 Last week, the United States and Mexico reached an agreement in principle on a new free trade arrangement, and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland heads back to Washington this week in an effort ...

7. How to resolve Canada's trade quagmire in the age of Trump

   Appeared in the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal, August 22, 2018 The NAFTA negotiations continue to roller-coaster. The Trump administration is now in senior level one-on-one NAFTA talks with Mexico, while President Trump threatens Canada with new auto ...

8. Protectionism on the rise as NAFTA talks stall

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, July 25, 2018 The contentious (and sometimes very public) NAFTA negotiations between the Trump administration, the Trudeau government and Mexico likely got more complicated with the recent election of Andres Manuel Lopez ...

9. Canada can eliminate supply management by following Australia's lead

   Appeared in the Financial Post, July 17. 2018 As trade tensions between Canada and the United States over NAFTA renegotiations continue, and President Trump places Canada’s protection of various sectors of its agricultural industry front and centre, ...

10. Are we really jeopardizing NAFTA to protect 13,500 farmers?

    Appeared in Maclean's, January 22, 2018 The United States has repeatedly indicated that a key tension in NAFTA renegotiations is Canada’s continued protection of dairy, poultry and egg producers. These protectionist policies, known as supply ...