The federal government’s double discourse on cultural sovereignty reflects the dilemma of exercising it in the era of free trade.
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Canada’s shunning of beer, wine and spirits from the US is a textbook example of how market access for politically exposed goods can quickly unravel.
The US government used to have American farmers’ backs, but that support has been dwindling for decades. New subsidies signal big changes for farmers.
NAFTA and the decline of American community have created a new path for mayors of small and midsized cities to reach national office.
Tomatoes are at the heart of a long-brewing controversy, driven by increasing imports and decreasing domestic production.
The recent U.S. announcement to tax and ban foreign films may seem out of place in trade talks. But culture has long been a key part of North American trade relations.
Canada should consider an export charge on Canadian energy bound for the U.S and applied directly by the federal government. That would impose some unity on Canada’s approach to Trump 2.0.
Canada and Mexico are two of America’s largest trading partners, and the tariff could have significant economic consequences for all three nations.
Amid Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat, Canada should be asking how a liberal-democratic nation survives next to a much more powerful country with no respect for the rule of law.
The U.S., Canada and Mexico will continue to sign trade and economic agreements, but these pacts won’t deliver the certainty and protection enjoyed for three decades prior under the former NAFTA.
Avocados are marketed as a superfood, but growing them for an expanding world market has turned a rural Mexican state into an unsustainable monoculture.
Canada and Mexico have replaced China as the US’s largest trading partners, due to friend-shoring policies.
The death of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney will lead to a wide examination of his legacy. A lasting policy of the Mulroney regime is free trade with the United States.
Halloween’s influence is transforming popular festivities around Día de los Muertos and its ceremonial customs in rural and urban areas of Mexico in some fascinating ways.
When the Rio Grande figures in US news reports, it’s usually in relation to stories about immigration, drug trafficking or trade. But the river is also an important water source – and it’s shrinking.
The idea of embedding robust labour obligations in the Kenya-US agreement is highly controversial.
To address the climate crisis, governments need to limit new fossil fuel developments. But foreign investors are often protected under trade and investment agreements.
The brief 2022 US ban on avocado imports from Mexico underscored the risks of being so heavily reliant on a product that comes from one region in one country.
Amid another flurry of U.S. protectionist measures, Canada should reconsider the value of global trade deals over bilateral agreements. But it should also support its own industries.
Closer political ties between Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau likely means a more constructive and co-operative approach to solving challenges between the two countries in the agri-food sector.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Associate Professor of Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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