The Trade and Tariff Trumpster Fire

I've been searching high and low for sources of solace about the state of global affairs with Trump in the White House. They are depressingly hard to come by. I've found a sliver of solace in, believe it or not,... trade policy.

Progressive Trade Policy, Redux

Last November, the Government of Canada launched what it called a "Progressive Trade Policy" agenda. I wrote a little piece offering a few critiques (linked here). The punchline was that I thought it was devoid of much substance, starting with default proposition that trade liberalization as practiced was not progressive. Trade liberalization is inherently progressive. Always has been.