It is amazing that previously there have been so few legal and institutional arrangements in economic and trade areas of a bilateral nature between Canada and the United states, in view of the massive scale, the density and the nearness of their relationships in these areas, and the importance of two-way trade and investment for each country. The Reciprocity Treaty in the mid-19th century which removed tariffs on cross-border trade in so called "natural …showed first 75 words of 1795 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1795 total…far larger dimensions here in Canada, due to the disproportionately greater importance of the U.S. as a customer. Here in Canada we want a bilateral trade commission that would have the power to override the laws passed by the U.S. Congress. But it is not the U.S. law that is at issue; it is the submission of the U.S. trade answer law that Canada sees as being random, unpredictable, and unfair.