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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Very Good in Very Good, Not Price Clipped jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Signed by Gordon Ritchie on the title page with no inscription; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectable condition.
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Very good in Very good jacket. xiii, [1], 290 pages. Illustrations. Index. Name of previous owner and date on fep. Paperclip mark to first two feps. Gordon R. Ritchie has had 22 years of distinguished public service. As Ambassador for Trade Negotiations, he was one of the principal architects of the Canada/United States Free Trade Agreement. Throughout his illustrious career in the public service, he focused on Economic Development and International Trade. In 2005, he served as senior advisor to the Government of Canada in the latest round of negotiations with the USA over trade in softwood lumber. His senior posts includes associate deputy minister of the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion and deputy secretary of the Ministry of State for Economic Development. He advised the Government of Canada on a number of controversial issues. He chaired the Advisory Committee on direct-to-home satellite television broadcasting and advised the Minister of Canadian Heritage in the magazine dispute with the United States. On the tenth anniversary of the controversial Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, one of its architects released this engrossing and remarkably candid inside account of the tumultuous course of those negotiations and their aftermath. In 1986, Gordon Ritchie was recruited as Canada's ambassador for trade negotiations and deputy chief negotiator at the free trade talks. For the next two and a half years, Ritchie was at the centre of the tortuous drama that produced the FTA, a treaty that remains the single most far-reaching economic initiative affecting the lives of Canadians. Initiated by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan, the action soon shifted to the team captains: the pugnacious Simon Reisman for Canada, the clever Peter Murphy for the US, both backed by supporting players and all with rival agendas of their own. Wrestling with the Elephant is that rare but irresistible blend of historically significant memoir, intelligible exploration of important issues, and a compelling read.
