What’s next for Canada on the world trade front?

Where will Canada focus its efforts now that a new North American trade deal has finally been agreed upon? With a ministerial portfolio devoted to “trade diversification” and a government that touts the “rules-based international order” that the United States has thrown into scrutiny, don’t expect Canada to hang up its hat just because it concluded a deal with President Donald Trump. “People know that we have made significant investments and significant efforts toward diversifying our trade relationships around the world, even as we were negotiating the new (deal),” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a press conference in British Columbia Tuesday. “Canada is a trading nation. We understand how important it is to engage, to exchange, to grow our economies to the benefit both of ourselves and the countries we partner with.” Marie-Danielle Smith writes about what the Canadian government is up to outside this continent, and how things could change because of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).