Trump presidency means Canada’s economic game plan to strengthen middle class needs radical redesign

Trump’s anti-NAFTA attacks are winning support from Democrats and union leaders, groups which have long questioned NAFTA and the offshoring of activity, especially in the auto industry, in Mexico.

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, pictured during the U.S. presidential campaign. The Hill Times photograph courtesy of Matthew McBain and Devin Dreeshen

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

January 9, 2017

TORONTO—We won’t know what a Trump administration plans for NAFTA and the North American trading relationship until after his Jan. 20 inauguration. But what we do know so far is that while the Canadian economy should benefit from any lift a Trump administration will give to U.S. economic growth...

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