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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. Withstand the trade war by trading more

   Canada and the United States are in a trade war. The ongoing drama of NAFTA negotiations, and the possibility that the current trade arrangements, may not continue raises an important question. What is the Trudeau government’s Plan B? ...

4. Protection or prosperity?

   Appeared in The American Thinker, February 22, 2017 President Donald Trump has vowed to renegotiate NAFTA, which he calls “a disaster.” But before he tears up the trade deal and walls America off from the world with a man-made mountain of tariffs, let’s ...

5. Free trade is vital to Ontario

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, February 1, 2017 Alberta recently got some good news from the United States when President Trump said he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which will help ensure Alberta receives a globally competitive price for its oil. ...

6. Trump’s fulsome attack on free trade and the dangers for Canada

   In the wake of Donald Trump’s angry, vividly anti-free trade inaugural address, world leaders are already girding themselves for a global trade war they pray never happens. Canada has tried to set a neutral, albeit pro-free trade tone ...

7. Debunking the Myths: A Review of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement and the North America Free Trade Agreement

   Although the merits of free trade are widely accepted by economists and policy makers, criticism of free trade as sound economic policy is still widespread. In both Canada and the United States, critics of free trade attract substantial public attention. ...