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Trump’s tariff tactics will end badly for U.S.—and Canada
Mexican and U.S. officials announced they would meet on June 5 to try to defuse a major trade conflict after President Trump announced a five per cent tariff on all products imported from Mexico, to take effect June 10. The threat has ...
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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 ...
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A split Congress may increase uncertainty surrounding Canada’s trade environment
This week’s midterm elections in the United States were the most expensive (in terms of candidate expenditures) and featured the largest voter turnout for any midterm election in U.S. history, as many observers saw it as a referendum on ...
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The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement: Overview and Outlook
The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement replaces NAFTA as the legal North American trade and investment regime. It will be implemented after ratification by each government. Ratification in the US by a likely newly elected Democratic Congress is probable, ...
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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 ...
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Green handwringing over new North American trade pact
Environmentalists are wringing their hands over the new he United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), in part because the Trudeau government did not get what it wanted for environmental protections. Early in the process, Foreign ...
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‘Six months’ notice’ and The Art of the Squeeze
Brian Mulroney: Mr. Turner, with a document that is cancellable on six months’ notice? Be serious… Please, be serious. John Turner: Well I have never been more serious in my life. Brian Mulroney: Please, please. That was the final ...