Canada to suffer double whammy from Trump's escalating trade battle: Don Pittis

Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 08:43

NAFTA's open borders expose Canadian exporters to counter-tariffs aimed at U.S.

Soybean farmer Philip Shaw is suffering from the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Ironically, as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to up the ante with China, the NAFTA deal that he has called "the worst trade deal ever" means Canadian exporters like Shaw are suffering the backwash from sanctions never intended for them...

This has been excerpted from the 23 July 2018 edition of CBC News.