Canadian exports at risk when America is first to free trade agreements

To keep thriving, we need a plan for competitive access to Asia-Pacific markets, and we need it now.

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, pictured in China in November 2016, where he led a 10-day agricultural delegation to Qingdao, Beijing, and Guangzhou.Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY BRIAN INNES

February 13, 2017

OTTAWA—News that the U.S. is poised to launch a bilateral trade deal with Japan after bowing out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership should be a wake-up call for Canada to implement trade agreements with Asia-Pacific economies or we’ll be left behind. The Trump administration is working at breakne...

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