Before President Bill Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement on Dec. 8, 1993, he declared that the deal “will tear down trade barriers between our three nations.” He went on to note that NAFTA would “create the...

The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate on hold where it has been for more than a year as it said Dec. 4 that ongoing trade conflicts and related uncertainty continue to weigh on the global economy. The central...