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With NAFTA at risk, the name of the game’s now trade diversification

Having two trade ministers instead of one may make for good political optics—suggesting a lot more is being done even if it isn’t. But if Canada is to be more successful in the global economy it will take more than exhortations from Jim Carr and Mary Ng to export more.

Opinion
BY DAVID CRANE
August 6, 2018

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | August 6, 2018

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With NAFTA at risk, the name of the game’s now trade diversification

Having two trade ministers instead of one may make for good political optics—suggesting a lot more is being done even if it isn’t. But if Canada is to be more successful in the global economy it will take more than exhortations from Jim Carr and Mary Ng to export more.

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