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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

Parliament is back in session. What’s on the agenda?

With an election looming on the horizon, might we be nearing the end of the Liberal-NDP agreement?

What would a second Trump presidency mean for Canada-US relations?

While the government publicly frets over a possible second Trump presidency, the last thing we need is another appeasement strategy.

US Republicans are looking to implement a carbon border tax—what does that mean?

Understanding the US’s proposed Foreign Pollution Fee Act, which would impose tariffs on imports from high-polluting countries

Toxic legacy

A record-breaking trade lawsuit against Canada confirms the dire threat that investor-state dispute settlement poses to bold climate action