free trade

Left in the hands of Mexico’s aging campesinos, ancestral corn is at risk of becoming extinct. And that leaves not only a culinary hole, but one in the planet’s biodiversity.

Andrew MacDougall: It can’t swim with the U.S. or China and it’s locked out of the EU. The U.K. sure picked a bad time to champion free trade.

Opinion: The Canadian government must diversify its economy, and China is the obvious target. But there are risks that come with such a partnership

Opinion: Free trade agreements have long been fuelled by grand visions of a better tomorrow. But by keeping managed trade—which isn’t truly free—the USMCA fails

Opinion: Canada’s trade talk doesn’t match its data-regulation walk, and if policymakers fail to coordinate those two, there could be trouble ahead

With a new president, Mexico badly needed a trade deal with America, and it’s good that Canada is around—but the ‘new NAFTA’ elicits a collective shrug, and seems to change little

Opinion: The ‘new NAFTA’ solves a serious crisis in the short term. But Canada made significant concessions—it was always going to have to—and that’s a big long-term problem

Since the renegotiation began, red circles on the calendar have repeatedly come and gone. The reality: ‘It will take as long as it takes.’

Canada now has three cabinet ministers working on the trade file. But history suggests escaping the U.S. economic orbit won’t be easy.

Opinion: The Canadian government’s response to Trump’s fit of temper has earned support from across the political spectrum. That may just be the start.

‘We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.’

The Trudeau government’s championing of ‘progressive trade’ may further gum up complex negotiations that have dragged on for years