Ottawa needs to look at other trade options in the Middle East

Canada needs to diversify its trade links, much farther than the NAFTA, and cannot ignore the opportunities available in the Gulf Co-operation Council states.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland at the National Press Theatre. Faced with contradictory push and pulls, and suffering from an unpredictable Liberal foreign policy in the Middle East, Canada’s trade relations with the oil-rich Gulf Arab states are now in flux, writes Yasser Dhouib.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY YASSER M. DHOUIB

November 6, 2019

With the federal elections behind us, it’s time to reexamine how the Liberal government has handled Canada’s business and trade relations with the oil-rich, Gulf Arab states. When Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland publicly denounced Saudi crackdowns on its civil right activists last ye...

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