Show Notes
U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to renegotiate or entirely rip up the North American Free Trade Agreement has politicians and business owners deeply concerned. With trade in goods and services between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico totalling US$1.3 trillion in 2015, it’s easy to understand why. But for all the strong feelings and intense debate it inspires, economists say NAFTA has had less of an impact on the Canadian economy than many might assume. Here’s why the agreement Trump calls the “worst trade deal in history” might not actually be all that bad — or all that great.
GUEST: Keith Head - Professor, Strategy and Business Economics Division, UBC
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