Preserve NAFTA to protect modern supply chains

To ensure that a new NAFTA can build upon the success of its predecessor, and railways can continue to operate and grow in concert with the demands of the North American economy, negotiators should recognize the role that railways play in facilitating trade.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freehand, pictured last month in Ottawa on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY EDWARD R. HAMBERGER

January 29, 2018

As negotiations for NAFTA 2.0 wrap up today in Montreal, it’s hard not to reflect on the progress that Canada, the U.S., and Mexico have made as trading partners, and the fundamental role that railways have played in this evolution. Signed in 1993, NAFTA has led to additional trade, the opening o...

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