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National Column: Post-NAFTA fight is Trudeau’s to lose
If Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are defeated in next fall’s federal election, it will almost certainly not be on account of their management of the NAFTA file.
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National Column: Trump, not Trudeau, is on NAFTA hotseat
If U.S. president Donald Trump’s threat to exclude Canada from a post-NAFTA U.S.-Mexico trade deal was meant to drive a wedge within Justin Trudeau’s free trade coalition it has so far failed. […]
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National Column: Preparing national policy for the era post-NAFTA
When countries erect tariff barriers, companies move their production. That’s a reality that Canada once used to its advantage.
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National Column: Trump won’t compromise; time to try something else
Justin Trudeau’s government has ruled out replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement with a bilateral Canada-U. S. deal. It’s the right decision. It is being made for the wrong reasons.
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National Column: Tariffs a death knell to NAFTA
When it comes to the North American Free Trade Agreement, Justin Trudeau faces a stark choice.
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National News: We should argue about NAFTA
The impasse in the North American Free Trade Agreement talks is commonly viewed as a setback for
Canada. It is not. […]
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National Column: NAFTA deal to reveal how far Canada, Mexico surrendered
There are reports that an agreement-in-principle is near in the fraught negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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National Column: Friends mix with foes in politics
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is one of Justin Trudeau’s most effective allies on the Canada-U.S. trade front. And preserving NAFTA, or as much of it as possible, is the most significant item on the federal government’s mid-mandate plate. […]
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National Column: Scheer seeks an opening in NAFTA talks
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer did not receive a lot of media attention at home or abroad on the occasion of his maiden visit to Washington this week but he got the kind of coverage he and his party need more of over the next year. […]
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National Column: National Column: The terrible part of NAFTA that Canada wants to keep – for now
Canada is going all-out to save the North American Free Trade Agreement. The ruling Liberal government has even enlisted the help of the opposition Conservatives in this crusade.
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National Column: On NAFTA, Canada agrees to discuss the unthinkable
Canada seems to be quietly backing down on the North American Free Trade Agreement. It is now willing to bargain U.S. demands that the Liberal government had formerly dismissed as deal-breakers. […]
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National Column: Trump’s decision on Jerusalem and the implications for NAFTA
Donald Trump has thrown the Middle East into a tizzy. The U. S. president’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has been denounced by some of America’s closest allies.
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National Column: Canada has options if Trump kills NAFTA
If U.S. President Donald Trump deep-sixes the North American Free Trade Agreement, there are essentially three things that Canada can do.
It can try to salvage a bilateral deal with the U.S.
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National Column: Trump’s NAFTA hatred may help Canada
by Thomas Walkom In a strange way, Donald Trump’s disdain for the North American Free Trade Agreement may do Canada […]
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National Column: Canada should not be satisfied with just tweaking NAFTA
Canada’s Liberal government says it wants only minor changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks of “modernizing” the 23-year-old pact while leaving the fundamentals intact. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has said her government’s aim in NAFTA renegotiation talks is to make “what is already a good deal even better.” […]
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National Column: Freeland charts course for more ‘progressive’ trade deal
Canada will push for a “progressive” new trade deal with the United States and Mexico that raises labour standards, strengthens environmental protections and includes measures to boost economic opportunities for women while attempting to defuse Washington’s protectionist zeal. […]