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Does “green trade” have a future?

Global decarbonization requires redistribution from rich countries to the Global South—and a rethinking of global trade infrastructure.

World Court decision on Israel’s occupation takes aim at Canadian trade policy

There’s no longer any nuance—Canadian trade with Israel is in violation of international law

Tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles are coming. How high will they be?

Trade protections are a reasonable and surprisingly popular response to oversupply of China-made electric vehicles. But there should be strings attached.

Canada needs to strengthen the “cultural exemption” in its free trade agreements:

In the age of digital production and streaming, Canada’s existing cultural protections leave big gaps and vulnerabilities.

TC Energy loses $15-billion NAFTA lawsuit against U.S.

The welcome decision shines a light on Canada’s flawed defence in similar investor-state case against Canada

The 2026 CUSMA review: prepare for the worst, plan for progress

Worker- and climate-focused options for strengthening North American economic, social, and environmental co-operation

Advancing worker-centred trade in the 2026 CUSMA review

Labour rights, migrant workers and the CUSMA rapid-response labour mechanism

CUSMA and the North American electric vehicle transition

A role for better rules-of-origin for the automotive trade

CUSMA 2026: Reversing Big Tech’s power grab

CUSMA’s digital trade chapter undermines worker rights, privacy and competition policy

Ecuadorians reject corporate courts in national referendums

Canada must heed opposition to investor-state dispute settlement and rethink trade deal with Ecuador

Genetically modified corn trade fight heats up in Mexico

Much-watched CUSMA case raises public morals and environmental justifications for Mexican food measures—and first-of-its-kind Indigenous Peoples’ defence

France is right to reject CETA free trade deal with Canada

It would be a political mistake for PMs Trudeau and Attal to dismiss discontent with the Canada-EU trade deal

Why the Ecuador trade deal Canada wants hinges on a misleading referendum question

Ecuador’s April 21 vote on investor-state dispute settlement could quash mining sector hopes in the looming negotiations