Christopher Sands – NAFTApocalypse Now?
As NAFTA renegotiations proceed through the summer and fall, the C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memos will be looking at what to expect and provide analysis on the latest developments at the table. This post is part of that series. To: Concerned Canadians From: Christopher Sands Date: August 30, 2017 Re: NAFTApocalypse Now? Round one of […]Canada’s “Commercialization Gap” – An International Trade Perspective
Canadians generate a lot of practical, innovative ideas. But as many experts have pointed out, Canadians have been missing out on some of the benefits of commercially exploiting these ideas. For example, Toronto’s Impact Centre reports that while inventors working in Canada are ranked eighth in their contributions to the US patent office, 58 percent […] Canada should prepare for life without NAFTA: Globe and Mail Op-ed
“We live on a continent whose three countries possess the assets to make it the strongest, most prosperous and self-sufficient area on Earth … It is no accident that this unmatched potential for progress and prosperity exists in three countries with such long-standing heritages of free government. A developing closeness among Canada, Mexico and the United States – a North American accord – would permit achievement of that potential in each country beyond that which I believe any of them – strong as they are – could accomplish in the absence of such co-operation.”
That was Ronald Reagan, calling for a North American free-trade agreement as he declared his candidacy for the U.S. presidency in November, 1979. When he became prime…
Jon Johnson – Critical Choice Looming in Softwood Lumber
As NAFTA renegotiations proceed through the summer and fall, the C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memos will be looking at what to expect and provide analysis on the latest developments at the table. This post is part of that series. From: Jon Johnson To: The Honourable Ministers of International Trade, and Foreign Affairs Date: August 18, […]Dionisio Pérez Jácome – The Mexican Agenda For The Modernization Of The Nafta
As NAFTA renegotiations proceed through the summer and fall, the C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memos will be looking at what to expect and provide analysis on the latest developments at the table. This post is part of that series. From: Dionisio Pérez Jácome, Ambassador of Mexico to Canada To: Concerned Canadians Date: August 17, 2017 […] The NAFTA Constellation: Which Canadian Industries are Most Vulnerable?
With the new NAFTA talks underway, the worst-case scenario for Canada is one where the United States walks out and withdraws from the agreement entirely. In such an extreme circumstance, the 1989 Canada-US Free Trade Agreement could be dusted off, leaving trade mostly duty-free between the two countries. But there is no guarantee that the […]Daniel Schwanen – A Positive Nafta Start, But Canada Can’t Cower On Agriculture
As NAFTA renegotiations proceed through the summer and fall, the C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memos will be looking at what to expect and provide analysis on the latest developments at the table. This post is part of that series. From: Daniel Schwanen To: Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs Date: August 14, 2017 Re: A Positive NAFTA Start, […] Canada’s NAFTA Challenge and the Reality of Chapter 19
August 11, 2017 – Dispute resolution has been a perennial hot-button issue in Canada-US trade talks for decades. And the upcoming renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is no different.
In a special C.D. Howe Institute Communique, trade expert Lawrence Herman reviews the history, usage and outcomes of the dispute mechanism in NAFTA’s Chapter 19, providing an essential piece of analysis as negotiators and the broader Canadian public grapple with the complexities of the issue in the coming days.
What this overview attempts to do is to explain some of the underlying points that are glossed over in the US when complaints are levied against the binational panel system, showing the confined use of the…
Jon Johnson – NAFTA Chapter 19 Reality Check
As NAFTA renegotiations proceed through the summer and fall, the C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memos will be looking at what to expect and provide analysis on the latest developments at the table. This post is part of that series. From: Jon Johnson To: The Honourable Ministers of International Trade, and Foreign Affairs Date: August 10, […]NAFTA Negotiation Agenda – A Guide for Canadians
