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At Mountainoak Cheese in rural Ontario, their Gouda is winning awards. The owners support Canada's tariffs on cheese imports.

What turns some law-abiding Canadians into smugglers? The high price of imported cheese.

Canada has tariffs and quotas on imported cheese, which results in higher prices and limited availability. So some Canadians resort to cheese smuggling.

What turns some law-abiding Canadians into smugglers? The high price of imported cheese.
Trucks wait in a long line for border customs control to cross into the US at the Otay border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico.

Trump will give NAFTA talks a shot, but withdrawal is still possible

Trump will give NAFTA talks a shot, but withdrawal is still possible
A Mexican demonstrator holds a corn cob on "Día Nacional del Maíz" (National Corn Day). Mexicans have an expression: "sin maíz, no hay país” (without corn, there is no country). Mexico has been increasingly reliant on US imports since NAFTA took effect.

Trump's gamble: Mexico could actually gain more from a NAFTA redo

Trump's gamble: Mexico could actually gain more from a NAFTA redo
 A Donald Trump supporter outside a rally at the Dayton International Airport in Dayton, Ohio.

Trump vows to 'break' NAFTA, but many workers may owe their jobs to free trade

Trump vows to 'break' NAFTA, but many workers may owe their jobs to free trade
Protesters, many against the fast track trade authority of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, rally outside a hotel in Portland, Oregon.

Why economists think the Trans-Pacific Partnership will be good for Americans

Why economists think the Trans-Pacific Partnership will be good for Americans

Taiwan's students head to the streets with sunflowers to protest closer ties with China

Throw a dart at the map these days, and there's a pretty good chance it will land near a pro-democracy protest. Ukraine. Venezuela. Turkey. And now Taiwan, where well-organized students are trying to stop a rushed trade agreement with China.

Taiwan's students head to the streets with sunflowers to protest closer ties with China

Ukrainians find themselves stuck firmly between the EU and Russia

Ukraine is backing away from its plan to join the EU and that has spurred mass demonstrations. Russia is against Ukraine having free trade relations with Europe, and Ukraine's president says his economically-struggling country needs to maintain its important trade ties with Russia.

Ukrainians find themselves stuck firmly between the EU and Russia