Cancelling NAFTA would be a 'calamitously bad decision', says Trump's new economic adviser

U.S. President Donald Trump's new top economic adviser's views on trade will likely thrill Justin Trudeau, so long as he's willing to overlook some of his other views — specifically, those involving the prime minister himself.

A former Wall Street analyst and current cable-TV personality, Larry Kudlow was named Wednesday as the new director of the White House National Economic Council.

He's a blunt-talking booster of trade with Canada, giving the northern neighbour a high-profile new advocate at a sensitive moment in Canada-U.S. relations. His mince-no-words, take-no-prisoners punditry indicates that he holds Canada-loving, NAFTA-supporting, tariff-opposing views.

This was excerpted from the 14 March 2018 edition of CBC News.