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Globe says Bombardier's handouts could be a Trump issue

2017-02-06 07:28 ET - In the News

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The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that despite Donald Trump's bluster, the North American free-trade agreement does not appear headed for the landfill just yet. The Globe's Barrie McKenna writes that even a renovation leaves a broad range of outcomes on the table, with potentially painful consequences for Canada. The priority for Ottawa is to figure out what it wants from a NAFTA makeover -- and quickly. Pressure will be intense for Canada to bend on traditional U.S. grievances. A handy reference guide for these is contained in the U.S. Trade Representative's annual National Trade Estimate report of foreign trade barriers. The chapter on Canada in the 2016 edition highlights such things as the restrictive supply management system for dairy and chicken products, provincial booze-marketing monopolies, high taxes on direct liquor imports, and subsidies to Bombardier's C Series commercial jets. It also highlights foreign-ownership restrictions on the telcos and a recent ruling by Canada's broadcast regulator to end the practice of substituting Canadian TV ads for U.S. ones during the Super Bowl game. Canada would be wise to draft an equally bold list of its own issues and demands.

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