Podcast
Unifor president says USMCA isn't a perfect deal, but he's happy overall
Victoria Fenner | Jerry Dias talks about the good and the bad in the new free trade deal and why it's good for the auto sector.
News
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Should Canada reject NAFTA? Yes
Gordon Laxer | NAFTA is a corporate rights agreement, not a free-trade agreement in the original sense.
Blog
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. Image: USEPA/Wikimedia Commons
Proposed changes to NAFTA chapter on energy would deepen climate crisis
Brent Patterson | The Council of Canadians opposes the energy proportionality provision in NAFTA, highlights that entrenching Mexico's neo-liberal oil and gas laws in NAFTA would only worsen the climate crisis.
Blog
Steve Verheul, Canada's chief NAFTA negotiator. Image: Polish Institute of International Affairs/Flickr
Beware mainstream media's sudden narrative switch on NAFTA talks
Brent Patterson | If NAFTA talks are in less danger of imminent collapse, can we set the bar a little higher for what we expect from governments?
Columnists
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What's the deal with Trudeau's 'progressive' NAFTA fantasies?
Rick Salutin | Is Justin Trudeau NAFTA expectations a fantasy wish list destined for side deals, or are the talks simply a hoax to hoodwink Donald Trump?
Columnists
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Minister Freeland propagates a neoliberal myth on free trade's benefits
Rick Salutin | But no matter how many numbers Freeland plucks to show the economy's mighty growth in the free trade years, in those same years, most people's lives have hardened.
Blog
'Free trade' is a euphemism for 'whatever power wants'
Yves Engler | The FTA's recent flipflop on Israeli wines shows that free trade is more about protecting corporate interests than moving goods across international borders.
Blog
Critics of free trade silent on recent Israeli wine decision
Yves Engler | In a recent CFIA decision on wines produced in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, free trade trumps Canadian law.
Podcast
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The Great Debate: Fresh perspectives on free trade
Victoria Fenner | Now that the Americans are on the brink of reopening NAFTA, a spirited debate about the idea of free trade, from the Press Progress Summit in April 2017.
Blog
Pipes for the Keystone Pipeline. Image: Wikimedia Commons/shannonpatrick17
Canada should advocate for exemption from NAFTA's proportionality rule
Gordon Laxer | The rule obligates Canada to make available to the U.S. the same share of oil, natural gas and electricity as the previous three years. No other country has signed away access to its energy resources.
Podcast
International Cooperation In The Age Of Trump
International cooperation in the age of Trump
Daryn Caister | Dr. Hugh Sealy, one of the lead negotiators for the small island states, is our guest to talk about international climate cooperation in the age of Trump.
Blog
Chrystia Freeland believes that the rising tide of free trade will float all boats, but the evidence tells us otherwise
Dennis Gruending | While Trump's desire to renegotiate NAFTA might not be motivated by altruism, free trade also hasn't eradicated inequality.