In the middle of the NAFTA muddle Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seized the moment of the World Economic Forum at Davos to announce that Canada has reached agreement on joining the U.S.-absent, 11-member Trans-Pacific Partnership. Read more:Trudeau stresses importance of hiring, retaining women in Switzerland speechCanada, Trans-Pacific trade members agree to revised deal without U.S. He could have started with, say, Vietnam, and how the TPP aims to ensure the right to organize for all those garment workers. Trudeau gave a nod to Larry Fink, chairman of BlackRock Inc., which has more than $5.7-trillion in assets under management. Too bad he failed to use the announcement of the TPP deal as his entrée to explaining how Canada will define itself on the world trade stage.

Source: thestar January 23, 2018 19:07 UTC