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Canada Must Dream Big and Spend Big as it Faces the Trump Threat
- Analysis
- March 10, 2025
It should now be clear to Canadians that we face an existential threat from a United States that has gone full MAGA. In response, Canada must go full GIGA! Giga, of course, means “giant” in Greek, and that’s the size …
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Has Canada Gone Too Far in Blocking Mining Investments from Chinese Companies?
SRG Mining announced this week that it was putting an end to Carbon One New Energy Group’s proposed $16.9-million investment in the Canadian miner. Although the company did not officially say so, the belief is that a national security review …
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Domestic Political Realities Will Temper Minister Joly’s Global Aspirations
- Analysis
- November 2, 2023
On Monday, October 30 and Wednesday, November 1, Foreign Affairs Minister, Mélanie Joly, gave essentially the same speech at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto and the Conseil des relations internationales de Montréal (CORIM) in Montreal. The speech was …
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Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Must be Complemented by a Digital Trade Strategy
- Analysis
- November 28, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ministers Mélanie Joly and Mary Ng recently spent a week in Asia for ASEAN, G20 and APEC meetings. In parallel to these meetings, the federal government announced several financial measures, totalling around $1 billion, …
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A Bad US–China Trade Deal Might Lead to Good Things for the WTO
- Analysis
- March 2, 2019
When President Donald Trump announced that the United States was going to delay hiking tariffs on Chinese goods, investors breathed a sigh of relief. Here was a reduction in the risk of an escalation in the trade spat between the …
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Harnessing Disruption: Working with China on Global Trade
- Analysis
- August 3, 2018
Patrick Leblond and Pascale Massot
Ottawa provided welcome news with its recent announcement of a fall meeting with multiple nations to discuss the future of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
It confirmed that the Trudeau government is not shifting its …
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NAFTA is the Wrong Venue to Govern Digital Trade
- Analysis
- September 14, 2017
By Susan Ariel Aaronson and Patrick Leblond
Diplomats from Canada, Mexico, and the United States are thinking about the website where you met your soulmate, and the cloud service where you store your photos. In an increasingly digital economy, policy …
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The US Has Much to Gain in Embracing Freeland’s Free-Trade Approach
- Analysis
- August 16, 2017
On 14 August, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland outlined Canada’s objectives for renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement in view of the negotiations that began on 16 August.
Freeland was optimistic about the real possibility of modernizing NAFTA in a …
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Why NAFTA’s Chapter 19 is Worth Fighting For
- Analysis
- July 29, 2017
Canada has reportedly drawn a “red line” over Chapter 19 as the US calls for NAFTA renegotiations. That’s a good thing.
Even before the negotiations to revise and modernize NAFTA begin on 16 August, a red line has been drawn …
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US Demands Won’t Lead to the NAFTA of Our Nightmares
- Analysis
- July 22, 2017
On July 17, the United States Trade Representative Office published the Trump administration’s detailed objectives for renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement. Contrary to President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about NAFTA in the past, the objectives document’s overall tone is very …
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What if Canada and Mexico Said No to Renegotiating NAFTA?
- Analysis
- April 7, 2017
Last week, acting United States trade representative Stephen Vaughn sent a draft notification letter to Congress indicating the President’s intention to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico, the very same agreement that Trump qualified …
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Canada Must Work with U.S. Allies to Save NAFTA and Our Future Welfare
- Analysis
- November 16, 2016
Now that Donald Trump is president-elect of the United States, Canadians and Mexicans are concerned about their free-trade access to the U.S. market. During the election campaign, Mr. Trump repeatedly said he would renegotiate the North American free-trade agreement if …
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Signing CETA is Just the Beginning
- Analysis
- November 3, 2016
Congratulations Justin Trudeau, Donald Tusk, and Jean-Claude Juncker. You have finally signed the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), only a few days later than originally planned but not after Belgium’s Walloons gave you a good scare. Congratulations …
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End of CETA, End of European Trade Deals
- Analysis
- October 24, 2016
In an emotional statement Friday, Canada’s minister of international trade Chrystia Freeland announced she was unable to reach a deal with Paul Magnette, the premier of Belgium’s Wallonia region over the Canada–European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).…
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UK’s New Prime Minister Must Negotiate EU Split Quickly
- Analysis
- July 15, 2016
As a result of the historic Brexit vote, the United Kingdom has found a new prime minister in Theresa May. As the new UK leader, May has a long to-do list, not least ensuring the UK economy does not fall …
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Don’t Blame the EU for the Brexit Vote. Blame Globalization, Technology, and National Governments Instead.
- Analysis
- July 2, 2016
On June 23rd, a significant majority of voters in England and Wales cast referendum ballots in favour of the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union (EU), in spite of those in London, Northern Ireland, and Scotland generally …
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Canada Would Be Foolish Not to Join the TPP
- Analysis
- October 1, 2015
A few days ago, cows and their owners were marching in front of Parliament in Ottawa. They were protesting against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which, they argued, would cause the demise of the dairy industry’s supply management regime. Last week, …
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For Greece, Voting No to Euro Would Mean Five Years of Austerity Wasted
- Analysis
- July 6, 2015
Published in the Globe and Mail, July 3, 2015
On Sunday, Greeks will vote in a referendum on whether they want their country to stay inside the euro area and possibly the European Union. To avoid economic calamity and …
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The EU Parliament’s Decision to Postpone its Vote on TTIP Will Not Affect CETA
- Analysis
- June 16, 2015
Published on EUCAnet, June 12, 2015
On June 9, the European Parliament (EP) decided to postpone a vote in support of the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the United …
READ MORED-Day for Greece is Coming Fast
- Analysis
- June 12, 2015
For months, the Greek government (run by the neophyte left-wing Syriza party), its euro-area partners, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been engaged in negotiations about payment of the last tranche of an existing bail-out program. In exchange for …
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Is Newfoundland Putting CETA At Risk?
- Analysis
- January 23, 2015
On January 19, the Newfoundland government issued a news release that indicated that it was suspending its participation in existing trade agreements as well as trade agreements currently being negotiated by the Federal government. This means that the government of …
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Libre-échange avec l’Europe : Le Québec n’a pas de véto
- Analysis
- November 2, 2012
Par Patrick Fafard et Patrick Leblond
Bonne nouvelle en apparence. Contrairement à ce que plusieurs craignaient, le gouvernement de Madame Marois ne s’oppose pas à l’Accord économique et commercial global (AECG) que le Canada et l’Union européenne sont en train …
READ MOREThe Greek Elections: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Analysis
- June 20, 2012
All eyes were focused on the Greeks on Sunday. Even German Chancellor Angela Merkel was sitting in her plane on the tarmac in Berlin waiting for the results of the elections before she could take off for the G20 meeting …
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Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Let’s Not Get Overexcited Here!
- Analysis
- November 24, 2011
At the APEC leaders’ summit that took place in Honolulu two weeks ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that Asia would become the federal government’s new trade priority. As a result, he indicated, Canada would formally ask to join the …
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What Should the G20 Accomplish in Cannes?
- Analysis
- November 4, 2011
On Thursday and Friday of this week, the leaders of the G20 will meet in Cannes to discuss the numerous problems that the world economy is currently experiencing. The big question on everyone’s mind is whether they will be able …
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The World Economy in Turmoil
- Analysis
- November 3, 2011
Recession is again at the world economy’s door, with confidence plummeting and investors, businesses and consumers lacking the trust in the future that is necessary to create economic growth. In Europe, the euro crisis seemed to have reached some kind …
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