Oct 26, 2018
The absurd pretense of framing the Trans-Pacific Partnership as 'progressive'
Brent Patterson
The Trudeau government's tacking "progressive" onto the name of the TPP is both absurd and wrong.
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Oct 19, 2018
Challenging the far right's nationalist opposition to free trade deals
Brent Patterson
There is no common cause with anti-immigration parties in the U.S., France, Italy, Germany and elsewhere when seeking trade justice.
Oct 10, 2018
Is there life after NAFTA?
Mel Watkins
With one trade agreement having failed us, some are arguing that we should diversify our trade beyond the U.S. market by signing on to more trade deals. But is that the wrong lesson?
Oct 9, 2018
USMCA will mean more genetically modified foods on your dinner table
Brent Patterson
The biotechnology industry is celebrating NAFTA 2.0 as a win for genetically engineered foods.
Oct 9, 2018
After U.S. shuts down Canadian trade talks with China, it now aims to do the same with EU, Japan
In ongoing talks with Japan and the EU, the U.S. plans to use the precedent created by a concession granted in the USMCA to advance the American goal of punishing China for its trade practices.
Oct 2, 2018
Did we really defeat Chapter 11 in NAFTA?
Brent Patterson
Although the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal phases out NAFTA's Chapter 11, analysis suggests transnational capital has other tricks up its sleeve to challenge the public interest.
Oct 2, 2018
The good, the bad and the ugly in NAFTA 2.0
Sujata Dey
At midnight on Sunday, Canada and the U.S. agreed on a new NAFTA deal, now called the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Here is the good, the bad and the ugly within the agreement.
Oct 2, 2018
Conservatives would have fought harder to protect Canadian dairy farmers? Don't believe it!
David J. Climenhaga
As Britain's looming Brexit catastrophe shows, so-called trade agreements are easier to get into than out of. So there was not much to be done but negotiate the least awful deal possible.
Oct 1, 2018
Canada capitulates to Trump on trade with renegotiated NAFTA
Pierre Trudeau called the original trade deal with the U.S. "a monstrous swindle." The new deal is that, plus a set of unnecessary capitulations to shut up Donald Trump on trade. It won't.
Oct 1, 2018
NAFTA 2.0 is no cause for celebration
Brent Patterson
Trudeau says it's "a good day for Canada," but is that really the case? While the full text of the USMCA needs to be thoroughly analyzed, a preliminary review raises numerous concerns.
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