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1. Trump’s NAFTA plans (and the impact on Canada) beginning to take shape

   After denouncing NAFTA during his presidential campaign as the worst trade agreement ever signed by the United States, the President Donald Trump has been vague about specific objectives with regard to renegotiating the trade agreement. ...

2. The case for free trade should not rely on mercantilism

   Writing in the Globe and Mail recently, Colin Robertson, vice-president of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, makes a good case for a bold approach by Canada’s government if NAFTA is to be renegotiated. Unfortunately, he misses a ...

3. Trump administration may undermine visa program, threaten Canadian-held jobs

   Last night during a rally in Kentucky, President Donald Trump said, “We’re starting on NAFTA very soon”—a signal that renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement may be imminent. NAFTA created a special nonimmigrant ...

4. Trump administration policy delays may slow economic growth in Canada

   The Trump administration took office promising to take quick actions to stimulate economic growth in the United States. Two particularly important features of the administration’s campaign platform were corporate tax reform and ...

5. Trump’s trade ‘tweaks’ may substantially impact Canadian economy

   Changes may discourage Canadian firms from buying cheaper imports from non-U.S. sources. ...

6. Global free trade, an essential element of economic freedom, is under threat

   China throws up barriers to international competition and assaults foreign investment. ...

7. If NAFTA falls—the implications for Canada

   It remains unclear when President Trump will move to renegotiate NAFTA or what exactly his demands will be in any renegotiation. Given the fraught political relations between Mexico and the United States stemming from, among other things ...

8. William Watson: The last protectionist businessman-president also did walls—it ended badly

   Thanks to the miracle of Internet word search—and it really is a miracle, isn’t it?—I learn that the United States’ first businessman-protectionist also made speeches about Mexico and walls. It didn’t end well. In Des Moines, in his home ...

9. 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 ...

10. The good and the bad of a Trump presidency for Canadian energy

    Today, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, and while nobody knows how Mr. Trump will actually govern, his rhetoric leading up to today’s inauguration offered both potential opportunities for Canada, ...