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  1. 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? ...

  2. Memo to politicians: Imitate the Fathers of Confederation

    Back in Canada’s pre-Confederation days, one selling point for uniting the then-disparate British provinces was to drop existing barriers to commerce. The hope was for a country with a free-flow of trade and services in which all could potentially prosper ...

  3. How soon until we get cheaper cheese? Managing expectations for the CETA

    Appeared in the Exchange Morning Post There is no doubt that completion of negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), announced in October, is a major economic milestone for Canada. Gains of up to $12 billion a year are impressive ...

  4. Here's a consumer angle- dump triple-digit sales taxes on food

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Winnipeg Free Press In the recent Speech from the Throne, the federal government announced a variety of initiatives but the one that drew much attention was its ostensible consumer-friendly tack. On some consumer issues, ...

  5. Mad Cow: A Case Study in Canadian-American Relations

    The purpose of this paper is to examine the trade, regulatory, and political relationship between Canada and the United States through the lens of a single case study. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/MadCowCaseStudy.pdf ...

  6. The Unseen Wall: The Fraser Institute's 2003 Trade Survey

    Over the past two years, the Fraser Institute has surveyed Canadian companies about the incidence of non-tariff and non-quota trade barriers that companies operating in Canada face when exporting goods and services to the United States. https://www ...

  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. ...