The “non-market” clause in the just-concluded update of NAFTA, now known as the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) would appear to limit Canada's options in terms of negotiating a free trade agreement with China at the present time (given the de facto US veto over a Canada-China agreement...

The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which entered into force on December 20, 2018 for the six of the eleven signatories that had completed ratification at that time (Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore) is a beacon of hope in a dark...

The U.K’s request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) could be a tremendous boon for this bloc. The CPTPP has 11 members at present, including Canada. However, four members — Peru, Chile, Malaysia and Brunei — have yet to complete the ratification...