Free trade used to be a rallying cry for mainstream North American politicians. Back in the 1980s, Canada’s then prime minister, Brian Mulroney, campaigned successfully on the idea that trade agreements would create “jobs, jobs, jobs.” Today, such a slogan could well be political suicide. Indeed, during last year’s US presidential campaign, the only common […]
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