Canada’s progressive trade agenda starts in Africa

Economic growth in the developed world has essentially flat-lined. The country’s economic future is in the developing world.

As newly confirmed Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne considers his options, Africa is the best rationale to keep the Liberals' progressive trade agenda on his priority list, argue David Luke and Phil Rourke.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY DAVID LUKE, PHIL ROURKE

January 18, 2017

The arrival of president-elect Donald Trump threw the Liberal government’s trade strategy off balance. The recent reshuffling of cabinet and the now laser-like focus on the United States, Canada’s most important commercial relationship, confirmed the need for a reboot. The first casualty of the...

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