Liberal trade record a concern as Canada embarks on NAFTA negotiations

The government has yet to resolve several trade disputes with the United States, and signed a trade deal with Europe that will lead to higher drug prices.

Chrystia Freeland, then the Liberal trade minister, pictured with Steve Verheul, Canada's chief negotiator for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the EU, as well as Martin Schulz, then the president of the European Parliament, and others during a meeting in Brussels last year. Ms. Freeland helped to close negotiations on a trade agreement with the EU before she was moved to the foreign affairs portfolio earlier this year.Photograph by Benoit Bourgeois, courtesy of the European Parliament

Opinion

BY TRACEY RAMSEY

March 8, 2017

Trade between Canada and the U.S. is well-balanced, highly integrated, and has far-reaching implications on all industries. Canada and the U.S. are the world’s largest trading partners, with almost $900-billion in goods and services crossing the border annually and ...

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