Ambassador Lu Shaye: Why Canada-China free trade is a win-win for both countries
Last week, officials and experts from both China and Canada held in Ottawa the second round of exploratory discussions on a bilateral free-trade agreement. Both sides enjoyed in-depth and fruitful...
View ArticleRona Ambrose: For better trade with Washington, Canada can’t be cozying up to...
After Canada has spent months trying to charm the new administration in Washington and avoid getting caught in the net of an America First trade policy — an effort that Conservatives have been happy to...
View ArticleTrump’s ‘Buy American’ edict is pitting pipeline companies against steel...
A directive requiring U.S. pipeline companies to use American steel and iron in their projects is testing President Donald Trump’s ability to keep his promises to two industries on opposing sides of...
View ArticleKevin Libin: If Canadians think ‘free trade’ with Trump is a pain, just wait...
Canadians are taking a lesson about the risks of putting a free-trade deal in the hands of a nationalistic, megalomaniac champion of alternative economic facts by racing towards an even worse version...
View ArticleTrans-Pacific Partnership salvage talks face a tall order as its 11 nations...
Negotiators and senior trade officials from 11 Pacific Rim nations gathered in Toronto Tuesday to discuss whether it’s possible to salvage the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The goal of the preliminary...
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Canada’s exports rebound to record in healthy sign for the economy
Canadian exports rebounded to a record high in March on energy and consumer goods such as red lentils, narrowing the trade deficit more than predicted. Key Points The merchandise trade deficit shrank...
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Trump fumes while Canada’s dairy farmers enjoy renewed industry investment
To the surprise of no one, U.S. President Donald Trump has a beef with Canada’s dairy industry. “Canada has made business for our dairy farmers in Wisconsin and other border states very difficult,”...
View ArticleCanadian oil and gas could trump Donald Trump in NAFTA talks: Derek Burney
CALGARY — Canadian oil and gas could become a “trump card” in Canada’s renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement with the United States, former Canadian ambassador to the United States...
View ArticleKevin Libin: Christy Clark’s narrow win is a sign that Canada’s turning into...
Protectionism is on the march! … is how reporters would write up the results of Tuesday’s election if it had happened in the U.S. or France, or if the vote was British. But it was actually British...
View ArticleU.S. protectionism concerns Canadian business leaders, but they are less...
U.S. trade protectionism tops a list of near-term challenges that Canadian C-Suite executives see hitting the growth of the Canadian economy. Some 23 per cent of Canadian chief executives, chief...
View ArticleNAFTA checklist: From dairy to liquor, a handy guide to key issues, as formal...
WASHINGTON — The formal process in renegotiating the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement could begin any day. The U.S. administration says it will soon serve notice that it will enter discussions...
View ArticleU.S. officially triggers NAFTA renegotiation today, allowing talks to begin...
WASHINGTON — The United States has officially indicated its desire to renegotiate the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement, triggering a 90-day consultation window before formal talks begin. The...
View Article90 days and counting: What triggering the NAFTA talks means for Canada
President Donald Trump’s administration officially notified Congress Thursday that the U.S. intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. The letter by U.S....
View ArticleWhat Donald Trump can teach the Pope about helping the poor and protecting...
As Pope Francis and Donald Trump finished up their rather brief, and apparently uncomfortable meeting on Wednesday, the Holy Father slipped the president a copy of his 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si.”...
View ArticleWilliam Watson: Maxime Bernier scored a big victory, even if he narrowly lost...
I completely missed the Conservative leadership excitement Saturday. I spent all day in a hotel meeting room in Vancouver talking to 25 Canadian journalists about economics. It’s a Fraser Institute...
View ArticleU.S. commerce chief Wilbur Ross says the hope is to finish NAFTA talks by...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the best window to complete the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is by early January, well before Mexico’s general...
View ArticleFederal government set to support softwood industry with $1-billion aid package
OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr is set to unveil about $1 billion in financial supports for softwood lumber producers and their employees. Cabinet discussed the options for a package May 9...
View ArticleRob Merrifield: Politicians killed Canada’s low-dollar advantage by piling on...
A lot of talk on trade relations between Canada and the United States risks missing the forest for the trees. Understandably, the NAFTA renegotiation is top of mind for folks in trade circles and...
View ArticleCanada and U.S. remain ‘very far apart’ on softwood lumber, Chrystia Freeland...
MONTREAL — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada and the United States remain “very far apart” on negotiating a softwood lumber settlement. Freeland offered the blunt assessment after...
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‘We are optimistic’: Texas mayors show support for NAFTA during Toronto visit
TORONTO — He’s a Democrat and she’s a Republican, but Texan mayors Mike Rawlings and Betsy Price brought a unified, pro-free trade message to Canada on Monday. Rawlings, mayor of Dallas, and Price,...
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