Longtime activist Barlow discusses finding common ground with Trump on trade
OTTAWA — Veteran human-rights crusader Maude Barlow loathes all that Donald Trump stands for, except for one thing: his stance against economic globalization.
Ironically, the U.S. president has emerged as something of an unlikely champion for an idea that he shares with progressive movements like Barlow’s Council of Canadians.
Barlow says she concurs with Trump’s opposition to free-trade deals — and for some of the same reasons.
Both argue such agreements have only accelerated a hollowing out of the middle class and have left people with fewer work hours and weaker wage growth.