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News & Commentary

Trade

National Office

Window for NAFTA deal this year is closing fast
Congressional notification May 17, 2018 Final draft text released June 16, 2018 Signing of NAFTA 2.0 August 15, 2018 Notify changes to U.S. law October…
May 14, 2018
News & Commentary

Trade

National Office

Canada is wrong to think we need a free trade deal with Mercosur
Prime Minister Trudeau and Brazilian President Michel Temer in July 2017. I was invited to appear before a parliamentary trade committee last week on behalf…
May 7, 2018
News & Commentary

Trade

U.S.

National Office

The US wants a NAFTA deal this month; Canada should say no
Lighthizer, Guajardo and Freeland feeling the NAFTA love in April.For the past four weeks, NAFTA negotiators in Washington, D.C., have been working around the clock…
May 4, 2018
Energy Policy

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Trade

National Office

Is Canada taking a fossilized approach to energy in new NAFTA?
Prime Minister Trudeau accepts an award for his energy and environment policies at the 2017 CERAWeek energy industry conference in Houston, Texas (Global News screen…
March 5, 2018
News & Commentary

Trade

National Office

A detailed look at the new, decidedly not-so-progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership
Protesters in New Zealand cement their feet in concrete to protest CPTPP. (Source: NewsHub)
February 12, 2018
International

News & Commentary

Trade

National Office

CETA or sustainable growth: it’s time to choose
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October 26, 2017
News & Commentary

Trade

National Office

As CETA comes into force provisionally, new cautions from Europe
Earlier this year, the Liberal government passed legislation in the House of Commons that paved the way for the full ratification of the Canada–EU Comprehensive…
September 21, 2017
News & Commentary

Trade

National Office

Is progressive free trade a pipe dream?
Can the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) be redesigned as a progressive trade deal? Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland seems to think so. Under…
September 15, 2017
Labour & Worker’s Rights

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Trade

National Office

Could NAFTA ban “right to work” laws? It’s a worthy idea.
U.S. President Trump claims to support a “fair” new framework for North American trade that puts American workers first. Understandably, this has sparked demands for…
September 11, 2017
News & Commentary

Trade

National Office

What to make of Canada’s priorities for the NAFTA renegotiation?
PM Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Freeland meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in May (PMO photo by Adam Scotti).
August 14, 2017
Elections & Politics

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Trade

National Office

Politics, not trade, behind Canada’s reversal on Israeli wine labelling decision
Earlier this month, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) ruled that wines made in the occupied territories of the West Bank could not be labelled…
July 25, 2017
News & Commentary

Trade

National Office

Can NAFTA be fixed? Six modest proposals
The Trump administration’s long-running NAFTA drama took centre stage this week as the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released its objectives for the impending renegotiation—and it…
July 19, 2017