Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland hold a news conference on the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) in Ottawa on Oct. 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang.
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The USMCA, while imperfect, is overall a positive development for Canada. It has a number of structural elements that may very well leave us stronger when negotiating trade pacts in the future.
American-made F-15 warplanes fly over Riyadh.
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Trump claimed that ‘we would be punishing ourselves’ by using US arms sales to Saudi Arabia as a bargaining chip over the disappearance of Khashoggi. A look at the arms trade shows why he’s wrong.
Canada, Mexico and other U.S. allies aren’t walking away from the principles of economic cooperation.
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The death of the rules-based world order that supports the global economy and free trade has been greatly exaggerated.
President Donald Trump shows a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
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A missing Saudi journalist has put Trump’s ‘America First’ rhetoric to the test.
Ministers Lim Hng Kiang, David Parker, J. Jayasiri, François-Philippe Champagne, Steven Ciobo, Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela, Dato Pehin, Toshimitsu Motegi, Ildefonso Guajardo, Eduardo Ferreyros and Tran Tuan Anh at the signing of TPP-11 in Santiago, Chile, March 8 2018.
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Labor says it will wave through the 11-nation Trans Pacific Partnership deal, then amend it in government. That won’t be easy.
The trade deficit, and how much a country exports or imports, is only part of the story.
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Americans seem to believe trade deficits are a bad thing, partly because of arguments suggesting they mean the US is ‘losing.’ An economist explains why that’s rubbish.
More milk from these Wisconsin dairy cows may find its way to Canada under the new trade deal.
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Canada, the US and Mexico have signed a deal to rip up the 25-year-old NAFTA and replace it with something new. But what’s actually changed?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland arrive to hold a news conference on the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) in Ottawa on Oct. 1, 2018.
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Who are the winners and losers in the new USMCA? It’s complicated, but one thing’s for certain: Canada should never again allow itself to be overly dependent upon one trading partner.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gives a thumbs up as he arrives on Parliament Hill the morning after an agreement was reached on a new trade deal with Mexico and the U.S.
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The relief that the U.S. didn’t make things even worse for Canada in the new NAFTA should be tempered by the realization that the moment of reckoning hasn’t passed; it’s only been postponed.
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Brexiters are arguing for Theresa May to abandon her Chequers deal and push for a Canada-style trade agreement with the EU.
Extending pharmaceutical monopolies would substantially increase costs for taxpayers.
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The EU is asking Australia to extend drug company monopolies. This could mean Australians wait longer for access to cheaper, generic medicines.
Instead of fighting other countries, we should be fighting our overflowing landfills.
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Trump’s plan to slap $200 billion more in tariffs on Chinese goods is premised on yesterday’s waste-fueled economy. Tomorrow’s economy is ‘circular.’
Mexico, Canada and the United States are struggling to agree on new NAFTA terms.
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A political scientist explains why corporate lobbyists and other interest groups will thwart Trump’s efforts to strong-arm or ignore Canada.
Trump believes the Geneva-based WTO treats the U.S. with disrespect.
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The president again threatened to drop out of the World Trade Organization if it doesn’t ‘shape up.’ But a careful review of case filings show the US isn’t treated any differently than its other members.
Improved access to Canada’s dairy market for American producers is one of the key unresolved NAFTA issues.
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Canada and the United States are back at the table to try to save NAFTA negotiations. Two key issues need to be resolved.
The national flags of Canada, from left, the U.S. and Mexico, are lit by stage lights before a news conference at the start of North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations in Washington. But Canada’s status is now unsure after the U.S. and Mexico announced progress on a bilateral deal.
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An announcement that the United States and Mexico were close to a new trade deal came as a surprise to many. How did Canada become an afterthought during the NAFTA negotiations?
Joggers and sightseers take in the Doha skyline.
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Qatar’s decision to aid Turkey in the face of American sanctions against the country may finally be a snub too far for its close relationship with the US.
Dominic Raab, secretary of state for existing the European Union and star of Deal or No Deal.
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August 24, 2018
Ioannis Glinavos , University of Westminster ; Alan Shipman , The Open University ; Andrew Gunn , University of Leeds ; Feargal Cochrane , University of Kent ; Helen Carasso , University of Oxford ; Philip Crilly , Kingston University , and Stephen Roper , Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
From trade to medicines, the UK government’s ‘just in case’ planning is revealing.
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Tariffs, border controls and other barriers would kick in and prove costly for both businesses and consumers.
The Latinoamericana Tower stands amid smog in Mexico City.
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Pollution is killing people in the developing world at an alarming rate. While there are many reasons for this, one looms large: China.