The country’s firms and workers saw their productivity rise by 14%, leading to what the University of Toronto economist Daniel Trefler estimates is the equivalent of a decade’s improvement in living standards. “Canada&hellip;is a much more modern economy today than it would have been,” says the country’s former finance minister, Michael Wilson.
加拿大也从中获益。加拿大企业和工人，的生产率上升了14%，多伦多大学经济学家丹尼尔·特雷富勒（Daniel Trefler）估计，这带来的好处相当于十年的生活水平改善。“加拿大……要比没有NAFTA的情况现代化很多，”前财政部长迈克尔·威尔逊（Michael Wilson）说。