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Canada, the EU, and a Membership Category That Doesn’t Exist

The Wall Street Journal says Ottawa is exploring “associate member” status. Ottawa says it never proposed the label. What is actually being negotiated is stranger and more interesting than either. On Sunday morning the Wall Street Journal reported that Mark Carney is exploring whether Canada could become an associate member of the European Union. Within

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Announced vs Signed: What Happened to Trump’s 20 Trade Deals

Malaysia declared its agreement null and void. Indonesia says its deal never entered into force. Japan told the WTO the deal isn’t legally binding. Canada spent the same period doing something less exciting and considerably more durable. There is a difference between announcing an agreement and having one, and it is not a technicality. It

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