Stuart Trew

1 month ago | policyalternatives.ca | Kyla Tienhaara |Stuart Trew

Amidst all the chaos brought on by Trump’s tariff threats, Canada’s federal trade minister celebrated a minor win this month: the finalization of a trade agreement with Ecuador. At this point, you might think that any trade deal with the potential to lessen Canada’s dependence on our southern neighbour is a good thing. Unfortunately, this Ecuador deal does not have such powers.

1 month ago | troymedia.com | Stuart Trew

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe federal government’s interprovincial trade push is a political distraction, not a solutionPolitical and business leaders constantly warn of supposed barriers strangling Canada’s east-west trade, claiming it’s easier to do business with foreign countries than within our own borders.

2 months ago | policyalternatives.ca | Stuart Trew |Chris Roberts

Since January 20, Canada has been at economic war with its largest trading partner and closest international ally. Though U.S. President Donald Trump has paused his promised 25 per cent tariff on most imports from Canada and Mexico for 30 days, the threat of those tariffs will hang over us for weeks and probably months to come.

2 months ago | breachmedia.ca | Stuart Trew

As Donald Trump threatens Canada with an economic war, a new consensus is quickly emerging among the country’s political, business, and media class: we must tear down so-called barriers to trade across provinces. Interprovincial trade barriers, we’re told, “handcuff” the movement of goods, labour, and investment across Canada—so much so that it is supposedly much easier to do business across international borders than inside our own country.

Jan 17, 2025 | policyalternatives.ca | Stuart Trew

Canada is on tenterhooks as Donald Trump prepares to be sworn in as 47th President of the United States of America. The main source of anxiety is the near certainty that Trump will impose tariffs on all or some Canadian exports, as soon as inauguration day. It’s possible he will make good on his wild threat, first uttered in late November, of a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian and Mexican imports.