Stop Laughing at Canada

As we enter a new year that promises to be filled with acrimonious trade disputes, it might be helpful to look at the experience of a country that has repeatedly found itself in trade battles, yet has benefited from open trade. The country is not the U.S. Or Japan. Or even France.

The country is Canada, and its ability to amicably resolve its difficulties makes it an international model of trading prowess.

I know, the Great White North is an unlikely candidate for global economic leadership. It is a small market, a country of only 31 million people, with an economy strongly stilted toward natural resources, albeit with strong high-tech industries. ...