Sandhusker said:Everybody seems to think that if we don't have a FTA, we can't trade. FTA's are comparitively new to the scene. We can still trade away without a FTA, folks. We've done it for a looooooong time before FTAs.
Can any of you Canadians explain to me how a trade deficit is good for any economy? If you can't (and believe me, you can't), explain why any country should remain in a detrimental agreement?
Agreed. But perhaps you didn't hear me the first time; if not for energy trade between the US and Canada, it would be Canada in the trade deficit position. Free trade ovbiously hasn't hurt YOUR position with Canada, but obviously is hurting us.
And it's not like having that agreement there has done anything to stop unfair trade practices on either side of the border. So I'm with you SH, it's high time you guys paid up :wink: