Robert Wolfe
@bobwolfe.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Canada. Most posts on trade policy
personal website: rdwolfe.ca
personal website: rdwolfe.ca
I get that dunking on Carney is satisfying, but maybe look at the preceding sentences in the story for context;
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I get that dunking on Carney is satisfying, but maybe look at the preceding sentences in the story for context;
and it seems that the IMF agrees that Canada faces lower tariffs than anywhere else… except our trade with the US is much more significant so the burden of those lower tariffs is greater
October 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
and it seems that the IMF agrees that Canada faces lower tariffs than anywhere else… except our trade with the US is much more significant so the burden of those lower tariffs is greater
here's what that link goes to for me
August 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
here's what that link goes to for me
there has never been certainty, especially on softwood lumber and Senator Hilary Clinton complained about dairy a while back. And Dems are not exactly the party of free trade. But we are stuck here in North America so we always have to negotiate
July 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
there has never been certainty, especially on softwood lumber and Senator Hilary Clinton complained about dairy a while back. And Dems are not exactly the party of free trade. But we are stuck here in North America so we always have to negotiate
Toronto Globe and Mail today. Uncertainty is worse than tariffs
July 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Toronto Globe and Mail today. Uncertainty is worse than tariffs
how times have changed. G7 Kananaskis chair's summary comments on trade and climate change, 2002
1/4
1/4
June 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
how times have changed. G7 Kananaskis chair's summary comments on trade and climate change, 2002
1/4
1/4
spring in Ontario. Woods beside our local rail-to-trail bike ride are full of trilliums. No wonder it's the provincial flower.
May 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
spring in Ontario. Woods beside our local rail-to-trail bike ride are full of trilliums. No wonder it's the provincial flower.
should Canada offer to advance the review of USMCA scheduled for 2026? No, says Steve Verheul, Canada's chief negotiator. He tells POLITICO
March 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
should Canada offer to advance the review of USMCA scheduled for 2026? No, says Steve Verheul, Canada's chief negotiator. He tells POLITICO
EU intervention critical of US and China observing "This is why the European Union is a strong advocate for the WTO to address the interplay between trade and industrial policy. Taking this topic forward is more pressing than ever."
correct. India please note
www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/...
correct. India please note
www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/...
February 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
EU intervention critical of US and China observing "This is why the European Union is a strong advocate for the WTO to address the interplay between trade and industrial policy. Taking this topic forward is more pressing than ever."
correct. India please note
www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/...
correct. India please note
www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/...
is Trudeau working to rally support for the next round of demands from Trump?
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
February 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
is Trudeau working to rally support for the next round of demands from Trump?
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
I like Jean Chretien's advice:
January 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I like Jean Chretien's advice:
I agree with Verheul
January 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I agree with Verheul
question in piece about whether the G7 should meet if Trump decides multilateral meetings are not worth his team. Former PM Chretien implicitly answered that question in an article he published for his 91st birthday on the weekend /fin
January 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
question in piece about whether the G7 should meet if Trump decides multilateral meetings are not worth his team. Former PM Chretien implicitly answered that question in an article he published for his 91st birthday on the weekend /fin
LeBlanc would have been a strong candidate for Liberal Leader, but this is a good call for the country
January 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
LeBlanc would have been a strong candidate for Liberal Leader, but this is a good call for the country
Canadian response cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...
January 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Canadian response cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...
But lovers of Canadian dairy policy need not fret: Supply Management lives and the impulse behind the bill has not gone way. Here is the text that is now dead
/fin
/fin
January 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
But lovers of Canadian dairy policy need not fret: Supply Management lives and the impulse behind the bill has not gone way. Here is the text that is now dead
/fin
/fin
@alanbeattie.bsky.social tell us what you really think of Katherine Tai... "vibes-based trade policy" is a great line, and as good an explanation as any for the dumb Nippon Steel decision
www.ft.com/content/86db...
www.ft.com/content/86db...
January 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@alanbeattie.bsky.social tell us what you really think of Katherine Tai... "vibes-based trade policy" is a great line, and as good an explanation as any for the dumb Nippon Steel decision
www.ft.com/content/86db...
www.ft.com/content/86db...
kudos to @iisd.bsky.social @alicetipping.bsky.social
one of the first web pages I've noticed with a Bluesky link, and it comes first
www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
one of the first web pages I've noticed with a Bluesky link, and it comes first
www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
December 18, 2024 at 7:00 PM
kudos to @iisd.bsky.social @alicetipping.bsky.social
one of the first web pages I've noticed with a Bluesky link, and it comes first
www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
one of the first web pages I've noticed with a Bluesky link, and it comes first
www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
let's India off too lightly on subsidies, as below. In fact India is virtually alone the misleadingly labelled "public stockholding issue" as @coppetainpu.bsky.social reports here tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2024/02/25/s...
December 18, 2024 at 3:56 PM
let's India off too lightly on subsidies, as below. In fact India is virtually alone the misleadingly labelled "public stockholding issue" as @coppetainpu.bsky.social reports here tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2024/02/25/s...
great post about an influential PM. I quoted his lack of understanding of the EU as the epigraph to my book on the Farm Wars of the 1980s
December 17, 2024 at 2:58 PM
great post about an influential PM. I quoted his lack of understanding of the EU as the epigraph to my book on the Farm Wars of the 1980s
@jburnmurdoch.bsky.social I am confused by this chart--seems to show higher concentrations in Ontario and Ile-de-France than UK. What am I misunderstanding?
December 14, 2024 at 6:13 PM
@jburnmurdoch.bsky.social I am confused by this chart--seems to show higher concentrations in Ontario and Ile-de-France than UK. What am I misunderstanding?