Canada can’t afford to sign renegotiated NAFTA without dispute resolution protections, say original NAFTA negotiators

It's worth walking away from a new NAFTA deal if it does not have Chapter 19 protection, even if that means risking the U.S. withdrawal from NAFTA or auto tariffs, say trade observers.

Trade observers say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured May 31, 2018, in Ottawa, are right not sign a renegotiated NAFTA without Chapter 19 protections. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

September 10, 2018

Two top negotiators of the original North American Free Trade Agreement say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is right not to sign onto NAFTA's renegotiated agreement if it does not include the Chapter 19 dispute resolution mechanism. “Without a dispute resolution chapter or mechanism, the agreement ...

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