Glaring disconnect between economic growth trade, investment agreements

All the evidence suggests that global trade is on a long-term downward trend.

International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured at the Three Amigos Summit in Ottawa on June 29, 2016. There is a glaring disconnect in the world between economic growth trade and investment agreements, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY MURRAY DOBBIN

September 19, 2016

POWELL RIVER, B.C.—There is a glaring disconnect in the world between economic growth trade and investment agreements. At the same time that Canada and other countries are pushing hard for huge multinational deals—the TPP, CETA and the U.S.-EU deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partner...

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