• Why NAFTA’s Chapter 19 is Worth Fighting For

    Why NAFTA’s Chapter 19 is Worth Fighting For

    Canada has reportedly drawn a “red line” over Chapter 19 as the US calls for NAFTA renegotiations. That’s a good thing. Even before the negotiations to revise and modernize NAFTA begin on 16 August, a red line has been drawn in the sand between Canada and the United States: Chapter 19, on the “Review and

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  • US Demands Won’t Lead to the NAFTA of Our Nightmares

    On July 17, the United States Trade Representative Office published the Trump administration’s detailed objectives for renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement. Contrary to President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about NAFTA in the past, the objectives document’s overall tone is very much in line with a much-needed modernization of NAFTA. Notwithstanding some protectionist objectives and measures

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  • A New G-20 for a Leaderless World

    The US retreat from leadership of liberal multilateralism could open a policy space for new members within a reformed G-20.   The 2017 G-20 summit, normally dull and technical, emerges as a key transition point in global power relations. G-20 participants were wary after a painful confrontation at the May G-7 meeting. The Six had

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  • The Case of Omar Khadr

    The Omar Khadr case is again front-page news following the settlement of his longstanding lawsuit against the Canadian government.  The news has elicited a wide range of comments from the usual suspects.  I was among a small group in Foreign Affairs Canada who dealt with the Khadr case from 2002, when he was captured at

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