WE ARE TOLD THAT SHE'S THE SMART ONE

  Freeland said that ability to trigger a six-month withdrawal period without cause is nothing new, since it was in the original NAFTA deal.
   However, when asked repeatedly to say why the non-market economy clause was added to the USMCA, she struggled to answer.
   "It's there because it was part of the negotiations," she said.
   The Trudeau government has brushed away worries about this clause, saying it's standard in most trade deals — even though the European CETA and the Pacific region CPTPP trade deals don't include it.