Column: Why Trump's perspective on trade with Canada is unbalanced

By Bradley Parkes
It’s clear that U.S. President Donald Trump thinks the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is unfair to the United States. He believes trade should balance. It’s a misguided view.
The president is obviously persuaded by images. He was convinced to launch strikes against Syria and to maintain troops in Afghanistan based on pictures. So you wonder if he derives his view of trade from popular film. The view that trade must balance seems eerily similar to the ec