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1. Trump tariff threat highlights fundamental change in Canada-U.S. relations

   Another international meeting, this time the recent NATO summit in London, ended with President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau exhibiting their basic distaste for each other’s governance style and personality (in case you missed it, ...

2. 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 ...

3. Slowdown of world economic growth would likely reduce demand for Canadian resource exports

   In March, President Trump increased tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese goods, escalating the trade dispute between the United States and China. He also initiated steps to put 25 per cent tariffs on an additional $340 billion of ...

4. 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 ...

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. Trump administration summons ‘national security’ to justify tariffs

   The Trump administration has justified its tariffs on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum from Canada (and several other countries) on grounds of national security. Under U.S. law, specifically Section 232 of the Trade Adjustment Act of ...

8. 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 ...

9. Through the WTO, Canada could reaffirm its commitment to multilateral institutions

   The Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum exports to the United States, and the G7 debacle, which ended in unprecedented acrimony between U.S. and Canadian officials, underscore two compelling issues ...

10. Steel, aluminum, tablecloths and NAFTA

    What do steel and tablecloths have in common? They are now products that are part of a dollar-for-dollar tariff war between the United States and Canada. They are also canaries in the NAFTA coal mine, signalling that the oxygen has ...