Opinion: Pacific Rim trade agreement a win for the West

Finally, unequivocal good news for the West and for Canada: What is arguably the most important trade agreement for future growth — the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Partnership (CPTPP) — has been ratified by Parliament.
While the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is of clear importance, its greatest advance turned out to be making concessions to simply hold on to what we already had. The CPTPP, on the other hand, is about opening new and growing markets, and b