Lawrence Solomon: Actually, Trump is right to ‘bully’ for bilateral free...
If you’re looking for mishmash, look to the multilateral experience
View ArticleThe only thing hanging over Canada’s economy is one five-letter word
But for a little word NAFTA could have a huge impact, and economists fear it’s running off the rails
View ArticleDeadlock on hard issues as NAFTA round concludes under cloud
Among the most contentious U.S. demands is the desire to increase the NAFTA content rule for autos from 62.5 per cent to 85 per cent
View ArticleRona Ambrose: Trump’s winning with NAFTA uncertainty—and Canada’s going to...
The bad news for Canada is that every NAFTA scenario ends with continued economic uncertainty for us, and the U.S. coming out on top
View ArticleCanadian retailers face $38 billion double whammy if NAFTA fails — pricier...
For every one per cent increase in tariffs, Canadian retailers would see their costs directly increase by at least $1 billion
View ArticleFive things you should know before you start your work day on Nov. 29
Here are a few of the key stories we're following today in the Financial Post
View ArticleTerence Corcoran: Trudeau can’t land a trade deal — because he’s no free trader
So long as anti-free-trade theories dominate political discussion, there is little chance trade-enhancing agreements can be reached
View ArticleWhen it comes to NAFTA, Canada should say adios to Mexico
Diane Francis: Canada has benefited the least from the trilateral arrangement and Mexico the most
View ArticleTrump's obsession with the U.S.'s trade deficit is about to get worse
Kevin Carmichael: Despite Trump’s tough talk to correct this make-believe problem, it’s now 12% wider than in President Obama’s final year in office
View ArticleTake that, Trump: The WTO can authorize Canada to hit U.S. with $3.2 billion...
'If you think hitting Paul Ryan would be a way to get Trump to remove the tariffs, maybe pick products from his district in Wisconsin'
View ArticleTrans-Pacific Partnership salvage talks face a tall order as its 11 nations...
Talks in Toronto set the stage for further discussions about the future of the TPP at an APEC summit in Vietnam next month
View ArticleJack Mintz: We need a Canadian tax-reform crusade, because saving NAFTA won’t...
Even if Canada can convince the U.S. to maintain a strong integrated North American economic region, we still have too many policies hurting our competitiveness
View ArticleCanadian oil and gas could trump Donald Trump in NAFTA talks: Derek Burney
He said U.S. refiners would rather import heavy oil from Canada than from unstable suppliers like Venezuela, even as American production of from shale formations is growing
View ArticleWilliam Watson: Justin can’t fight Washington on trade like John A. did
Even if Sir John A. Macdonald’s tariffs paid off, unilateral free trade would still have been better
View ArticleWilliam Watson: If freer trade kills off these Canadian businesses, it would...
A call for more ‘inclusive’ trade would protect firms that aren’t very good at or interested in trade
View ArticleWhy the market may have it wrong on Canadian interest rates
The market may be underestimating the possibility of higher interest rates in Canada next year, says CIBC's Avery Shenfeld
View ArticleFarewell to the man who literally wrote the book on Canadian business
Joe Martin: Thirty years after its publication, Michael Bliss's classic is well worth reading
View ArticleWe are #5: Canada named among top global investment destination amid rising...
Canada’s improved standing is partly due to a perceived rise in geopolitical risk in developing countries, as well as its close proximity to the United States
View Article'We are optimistic': Texas mayors show support for NAFTA during Toronto visit
He's a Democrat and she's a Republican, but Texan mayors Mike Rawlings and Betsy Price brought a unified, pro-free trade message to Canada on Monday
View ArticleJack Mintz: How mass disruption, from B.C. pipelines to Brexit, could turn to...
Pushing through Trans Mountain could set a new tone that leads to falling barriers to interprovincial trade
View ArticleJoe Oliver: If the federal Liberals were trying not to aggravate Trump before...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland's posturing that the U.S. is shirking its responsibilities could well provoke President Donald Trump
View Article'Business as usual': Companies optimistic about exports despite coming NAFTA...
Companies are feeling optimistic when it comes to trade, despite some concerns about the rise of global protectionism: report
View ArticleU.S. eyes changes to NAFTA's rule of origin, potential disruptor for auto sector
The Trump administration says it wants to strengthen rules of origin in NAFTA, a move that didn't come as a surprise to the auto industry but some experts say could potentially disrupt the industry's...
View ArticleTrump needs a win on NAFTA, and that could play into Canada's hands
The U.S. Trade Representative's NAFTA wish list doesn't specifically mention Canada’s agricultural supply management system, or protection of other industries through ownership restrictions
View ArticleWhy Canadian manufacturers are actually looking forward to the NAFTA...
Dennis Darby: Canadian manufacturers are, at essence, free traders who want NAFTA modernized
View ArticleCanadian unions want to pick your pockets with this NAFTA 'overhaul'
Matthew Lau: Any suggestion that middle- and lower-income Canadians are no better off today than a generation ago is empirically absurd
View ArticleLower prices and increased productivity: Many of NAFTA's benefits are...
For consumers, trade deals have a positive and wide-ranging affect but, most of the time, they don't know it
View ArticleWhy energy is one area where NAFTA's Three Amigos might find common ground
Government and the industry are eyeing changes that could deepen ties between the three countries’ oil, gas and electricity industries
View ArticleFive things you should know before you start your work day
Here's a summary of the key stories we're talking about this morning at the Financial Post
View ArticleChapter 19 may be a NAFTA deal breaker for Canada, but can it survive a legal...
As NAFTA negotiations get underway today, the Financial Post takes a look at what Canada is calling the ‘deal-breaker’
View ArticleFive things you should know before you start your work day on Aug. 16
Here are the key stories we're talking about today in the Financial Post
View ArticleAlexandre Moreau: Supply management limits opportunities to profit from...
Dairy producers are unable to benefit from the increase in global consumption to expand their production
View ArticleSteve Bannon may be gone, but economic nationalism is here to stay
Jack Mintz: If anyone thinks that the NAFTA negotiation is a repeat of the 1980s, they are living in a dream world. American voters support economic nationalism, not free trade
View ArticleTrump's shredding of NAFTA would trigger "snap-back" provisions, cause...
A successful scrapping of NAFTA would force Canada to fall back on earlier trade deals, neither of which are likely to satisfy U.S. negotiators
View ArticleTrudeau and Trump both agree the new NAFTA should screw over poor workers
Pierre Lemieux: Adding stronger environmental and labour standards to a renegotiated NAFTA would undermine one of the main benefits of tree trade
View ArticleTerence Corcoran: Trump becomes the latest politician asked to bail out...
In a free-trade world, an aerospace company would build planes and try to sell them. No sales, no company. End of story. In fair-trade regimes, the story never ends
View ArticleFree trade with the EU starts today. Here's what it means for Canada
Jason Langrish: Plagued by delays, the real question is not why CETA has taken so long, but how it has survived
View ArticleWhy U.S. push on NAFTA rules of origin for auto industry may backfire and...
Tightening NAFTA's rules of origin — either by raising the 62.5 per cent threshold or introducing a U.S.-specific content rule — is not necessary, according to a Scotiabank report
View ArticleTerence Corcoran: Goodbye NAFTA, hello NATPA, our new North American...
Once the trade negotiators are done with it, the new agreement will have to be named the North American Trade Protection Agreement
View ArticleDelta stands firm on Bombardier CSeries jet order, vows not to pay 300% U.S....
Delta Air Lines Inc. said it will not pay the 300 per cent tariff to import 75 Bombardier Inc. CSeries jets, but that doesn't mean it's backing away from the order
View Article‘GM declares war on Canada’ with threat to move production as strike lingers:...
GM informed Unifor today that the company has started to explore other production alternatives as the strike at the CAMI facility in Ingersoll, Ont. continues
View ArticleKevin Libin: Trudeau, the Canadian conquistador, discovers Mexico unwilling...
Trudeau arrived in Mexico with a galleon-load of culturally imperialist condescension
View ArticleHow Canada pushed Bombardier toward Airbus instead of China deal
The Canadian government encouraged Bombardier to make a deal with Airbus SE for its CSeries planes to thwart a potential venture with Chinese investors
View ArticleKevin Libin: Trudeau just proved why Canadians don’t want free trade with China
What do Liberals mean by “free trade” if not Canadian and Chinese companies buying and selling property, like Bombardier's C Series?
View ArticleHarper’s right that NAFTA could fail — and Canada is woefully unprepared
After a visit to Washington recently, Jack Mintz says the former prime minister’s pessimism seems warranted
View ArticleHigh liquor prices are hard to swallow
Shanna Munro: If Canada truly wants a hospitality industry that welcomes the world, it’s time to treat bars and restaurants as valued businesses
View ArticleAs global trade talks drag on, some progress made on financial reporting...
As international trade frictions heat up, countries are continuing efforts to increase access to economic markets and close remaining regulatory gaps in global financial reporting standards
View ArticleTrudeau’s mischief with the TPP isn’t just bizarre. It’s bad for Canada
Richard Owens: Given the opportunity to increase intellectual property protections, Canada decided to bail out at the last minute
View ArticleWho's the skunk that's stinking up the TPP party? Canada, of course
Neil Mohindra: Canada made itself the skunk at the party by scuttling a tentative agreement
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