Is NAFTA’s replacement about free trade or protectionism?

01/10/2018 18 min Temporada 1 Episodio 104
Is NAFTA’s replacement about free trade or protectionism?

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On BIV Today... Many Canadians woke up to find Canada struck a new deal late last night with the Americans to replace NAFTA. Dan Ciuriak (1:34), fellow-in-residence at the C.D. Howe Institute, joins the show to offer his initial take on why the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is really more about protectionism than free trade. And Vancouver housing affordability has plummeted to the worst levels ever on record, according to a new report from RBC Economic Research. RBC senior economist Robert Hogue (8:46) discusses the region’s escalating crisis. Tyler Orton hosts, see more at https://biv.com/.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.