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1. Fighting over meat-labelling rules isn’t ‘COOL’

   The latest installment in the ongoing dispute between Canada and the United States concerning the U.S. country-of-origin labelling (or COOL) requirements played out recently with a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel decision to award ...

2. Despite predictable opposition, pending trade deals would benefit Canada

   At the top of her agenda, Chrystia Freeland (pictured above), Canada’s new Minister of International Trade, plans to work with Parliament to ratify two important treaties that reduce existing barriers to free trade—the Comprehensive ...

3. Canadian forest product companies hit again by U.S. anti-dumping duties

   Last week, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) issued its decision to impose countervailing duties on Canadian exports of supercalendered paper, which is mainly used for magazines, catalogues, corporate brochures and ...

4. Liberal victory may mean more cooperation with the U.S. but less growth

   Unlike most political events in Canada, the Liberal Party’s victory in last week’s federal election captured substantial attention in U.S. media outlets. One reason is that Justin Trudeau is young and photogenic. A second is that he is ...

5. 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. ...

6. Money and Markets in the Americas

   The distinguished authors in this volume address key issues facing policymakers in the Americas since the advent of NAFTA- the most important of which is to bring about monetary stability so that market reforms can proceed. Economic liberalization under ...

7. Hemispheric Trade and Economic Integration After NAFTA

   Excerpt from back cover- Economic dynamism has helped nurture political decentralization throughout Latin America as deregulation, privatization, and individual enterprise have proven much more compatible with democratic than authoritarian forms of ...

8. Fraser Forum- January 1993

   In this issue: Behind the North American Free Trade Agreement by Michael A. Walker A bold leap into the known by John S.P. Robson January Questions and Answers Malcolm X by Walter Block Scrooge rehabilitated by Michael A. Walker Private infrastructure by ...

9. Beyond NAFTA: An economic, political and sociological perspective

   This book is a collection of essays by respected academics from Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. They cut through the complexities of NAFTA and provide the reader with a clear view of the main issues. The book asks whether NAFTA is a free trade agreement or ...

10. Assessing NAFTA: A Trinational Analysis

    This book contains a comprehensive assessment of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Authors from all three countries probe different aspects of the deal; they provide an overall assessment as well as detailed examinations of some of the critical ...