Amid rising U.S. protectionism, here’s what Canadian trade leadership can look like


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Gantry cranes tower above container ships being unloaded and loaded at port, in Vancouver, Feb. 10, 2022.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press Steve Verheul was Canada’s chief trade negotiator from 2017 to 2021, leading negotiations that resulted in the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. He is now a fellow at the Public Policy Forum and a principal with GT and Company Executive Advisors. American leadership was critical to rebuilding the world’s economy after the Second World War. From the 1948 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, with 23 founding members, to the 1995 establishment of the World Trade Organization, which now has 164 member...