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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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, ...

5. New trade pact mixed bag for Canadians

   The long-running soap opera that was the NAFTA renegotiations has ended—at least for now. At the last minute before President Trump’s September 30 midnight deadline, Canadian and U.S. negotiators finalized an agreement that expands an ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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 ...

10. In the evolving trade debacle with the U.S, Ottawa must act

    The outlook for ongoing NAFTA negotiations grows dimmer by the day, notwithstanding the conciliatory statement by Mexico’s new president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (known colloquially as AMLO). In a recent interview after exit polling ...