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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. 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, ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. Some good news for Canada—the U.S. follows its own trade rules

   The initial U.S. Department of Commerce decision in October to levy tariff duties of almost 300 per cent on Bombardier’s CSeries jets sold in the U.S. became a major flashpoint in bilateral trade relations and cast an additional pall on ...

8. 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 ...

9. Is Canada’s latest NAFTA strategy too ‘insidious and crafty?’

   In Book IV, Chapter 2 of The Wealth of Nations, where he enumerates the benefits of free international trade, Adam Smith leaves only a tiny role for governments. He says the United Kingdom should support its merchant marine because ...

10. Exchange rates can overreact to news reports including NAFTA buzz

    This week a report stating that the Canadian government is increasingly convinced that President Trump will pull the United States out of NAFTA was credited with causing the Canadian dollar to drop from a closing value on Jan. 9 of US$ ...