NAFTA talks: thinking creatively on trade remedies

It’s a sticky issue that, with a little out-of-the-box thinking, Canada, the U.S., and Mexico could resolve positively for all.

The United States under U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, pictured right with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, has said it wants to scrap dispute settlement panels under NAFTA's Chapter 19 for anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases. USDA photograph by Preston Keres

Opinion

BY PAUL MOEN

January 17, 2018

Canada’s new case against the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a bold move. The action not only backstops Canada’s existing softwood lumber litigation under the WTO and NAFTA, but also challenges the whole U.S. trade remedy system on behalf of many other co...

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