There is a simple solution out of the NAFTA impasse

Lost in the cacophony of bluster is the fact that Canada is already part of a coherent rules-based trade agreement with the U.S.: it's called the World Trade Organization.

In the flurry of outrage over the U.S. refusal to comply with the latest NAFTA ruling on lumber, something is missing. Editorials abound, former negotiators and promoters of NAFTA are talking tough, calling the Americans names. Others suggest ill-conceived threats or demand that the Prime Ministe...

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