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b'The new NAFTA \\u2013 dubbed the USMCA or CUSMA depending on where you live \\u2013 took a significant step forward recently with the introduction of Canadian legislation designed to ratify the treaty. The economic implications of the agreement are enormous, particularly with respect to digital issues and intellectual property. Myra Tawfik, a law professor at the University of Windsor and Senior Fellow with CIGI, joins the podcast this week to discuss Canada\\u2019s longstanding history of facing external pressure on copyright, the role that trade negotiations now play with that pressure, and the implications of the USMCA.\\nThe podcast can be downloaded here and is embedded below. The transcript is posted at the bottom of this post or can be accessed here. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify or the RSS feed. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod.\\n\\nEpisode Notes:\\n\\nCanada Introduces USMCA Implementation Bill\\u2026Without a Copyright Term Extension Provision\\nCredits:\\nCBC News, Canada Introduces NAFTA 2.0 Implementation Bill\\nCNBC, Trump: Trade Deal Protects Patents, Intellectual Property\\nGlobe and Mail, Flashback: President Clinton\\u2019s Original Signing of NAFTA Into Law in 1993\\nCNBC, Key Differences Between the New USMCA Trade Deal and NAFTA\\nTranscript:\\n\\n\\n\\nLawBytes Podcast \\u2013 Episode 15 | Convert audio-to-text with Sonix\\nMichael Geist: \\nThis is Law Bytes, a podcast with Michael Geist.\\nCBC News: \\nSigned sealed and now delivered to the House of Commons. Just last hour the Federal Government tabled a bill to implement the new NAFTA a deal that Canada the US and Mexico reached six months ago after 15 months of negotiations.'