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OTTAWA — It will take years before the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and its possible drawbacks, find their way into the Canadian economy.

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Hold on while my head stops spinning over the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. Somewhere between Donald “This deal is bad” Trump and Maude “This deal is bad” Barlow there must be some stable middle ground. There is, but it may take a rhetorical Zoloft prescription to stop that woozy pre-election trade-deal eye-glaze among both Americans and Canadians.

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One thing for sure is that much of what we gained from the North American Free Trade Agreement, which came into effect in 1995, will be superseded by the new 12-nation TPP — whenever member nations finally sign off on the pact.

That could still be a least a couple of years down the road, according to the Canadian government.

But if other international trade deals are any indication, don’t hold your breath — timing isn’t always everything when it comes to multi-national agreements. Nor are the details of these international negotiations usually readily accessible at the time they are inked.