Anniversaries matter, and NAFTA (CUSMA) is approaching the big ’30’

To seize the opportunities of tomorrow as well as manage the risks, we must recalibrate. Secure trade agreements will matter even more in this global environment. And, Canadian competitiveness has to be strengthened: trade agreements are enablers of trade success not guarantors.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on the Hill. As Canada plans its trade agenda for the next decade, there are five possible shifts in the global economy that we should consider, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

August 11, 2022

Anniversaries are a time for both reflection and forward planning. And NAFTA, now the CUSMA, is approaching such a major milestone, with the preliminary agreement having been initialled on Aug. 12, 1992, before coming into effect on Jan. 1, 1994. The FTA and then NAFTA fundamentally changed how Can...

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