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In renegotiating NAFTA for the benefit of Americans, Trump will be turning the screws on our government to convince us to accede to his demands. Let’s hope he succeeds. Trump’s demands would simultaneously make winners of Canadian consumers, Canadian taxpayers, the Canadian environment and the Canadian economy.

Trump’s Canada-related goals, as formally stated in his administration’s “Summary of Objectives for the NAFTA Renegotiation,” are designed to pry open the Canadian market to U.S. exports. His crowbar in doing this — a takedown of much of Canada’s regulatory state — would be all to the good for the great majority of Canadians (special interests excepted).

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If Trump gets his way, Canada’s supply-management system in agriculture — one of his most-publicized targets — would vanish. Gone would be one of the greatest impediments to Canada’s ability to strike successful free-trade agreements worldwide. Ridding ourselves of the supply-management albatross would be as important domestically as internationally, including for poorer Canadians who struggle paying a big premium for milk and cheese, products that should be staples. In Trump’s trade scenario, the U.S. agricultural market would also be opened up, aiding Canadian companies such as Montreal-based Saputo, which relishes the opportunity to sell into the giant U.S. market as well as in the new markets that would open up internationally.