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The CUSMA Game of Chicken
On June 2nd, Dominic Leblanc, the federal Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, was in Washington with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) chief negotiator, Janice Charette, to meet with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Jamieson Greer, to discuss the CUSMA’s (or USMCA for our American friends) review, which the agreement
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Foreign Interference Frameworks Have an American Blind Spot
Western governments have spent the past several years building increasingly elaborate frameworks to combat foreign interference, illicit finance, and democratic destabilization. In Canada, public debate has focused overwhelmingly on a familiar set of adversaries: China, Russia and, more recently, India. One country, however, often remains absent from these discussions: the United States. That omission says
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Africa Forward Summit: Moving from Aid to Partnership or Moving “Forward” with Old Dependencies?
The Africa Forward Summit claims to mark a new era of partnership. But is anything really changing, or is “partnership” simply the new label for old dependencies? For decades, Africa’s development story has been framed around aid. That narrative evolved into “trade, not aid,” and later into “aid for trade.” Today, it is seemingly being
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Canada to Host New NATO‑Linked Defence Bank as Mark Carney Pushes Security Overhaul
Canada has been chosen to house the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). Originally dubbed “the NATO bank,” the new institution will help NATO and non-NATO countries more easily direct funding toward defence and security needs. This translates to hundreds of new jobs in finance, research and analysis in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto or Vancouver — all potential host cities.
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