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Terence Corcoran: Any Canadian auto trade deal will be flawed

The only right choice for Canadians is not on the table

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It looks like another hardcore economic policy debate is shaping up around the future of Canada’s auto industry. Both the Conservatives and Liberals have laid out broad strategies to support and return Canadian auto production to at least previous levels. The objective looks like a fantasy in the context of Donald Trump’s own auto trade fantasy. Speaking at a Ford plant in Detroit, Trump said, “We don’t need cars made in Canada … we want to make them here.”

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