What Now?

At issue is Article 32.10, “Non-Market Country FTA,” which says that any member of the agreement can pull out if another signatory enters a free trade agreement with a STRONG TIES “non-market country” as defined by any member of the USMCA.¹ This has stoked concerns that the U. S. can use this Canada & China’s economic relationship clause to pull out of the deal if Canada enters trade talks with Ch [...] Sarah Pittman is a policy analyst at the Canada Trade agreements are only one of the many tools West Foundation and the author of the China available for increasing trade; others, like diplomacy Brief, a compilation of stories and links related to and government/business engagement, have been China and its relationship with Canada’s West. [...] Some (but not all) of the important parts of trade in to $48 billion in 2007.² The amount traded between the two service include: countries has risen significantly in the last several years, > Tourism: In 2017, a record of 682,000 Chinese tourists and even in the last few months. [...] The federal that coincides with the period of greatest tariff government’s goal is to double the number of Chinese escalation between the united states and china. [...] But politically, it is helpful for China to have has plans to increase the numbers of Chinese foreign a strong trade relationship with an advanced Western students, who contribute significantly to the $11.6 billion economy that borders the U. S. China is Canada’s second- that foreign student education brings in.⁶ largest export market, and second-largest source of imports > Investment: According t