Subscribe to the CIPS Newsletter
- Home
- Blog
Blog
China’s Republican Flag: A Conundrum for Canada–Taiwan Relations
- Analysis
- July 30, 2017
China’s Republican flag — the French-inspired tricolore representing nationalism, democracy, and peoples’ livelihood in Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles of the People — was the national flag of all of China from 1928 until the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. After 1949, Cold War politics kept both flags flying internationally. Since
READ MORE
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 in the sand between Canada and the United States: Chapter 19, on the “Review and
READ MORE
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 much in line with a much-needed modernization of NAFTA. Notwithstanding some protectionist objectives and measures
READ MORE
A New G-20 for a Leaderless World
- Analysis
- July 14, 2017
The US retreat from leadership of liberal multilateralism could open a policy space for new members within a reformed G-20. The 2017 G-20 summit, normally dull and technical, emerges as a key transition point in global power relations. G-20 participants were wary after a painful confrontation at the May G-7 meeting. The Six had
READ MORE
The CIPS Blog is written only by subject-matter experts.
CIPS blogs are protected by the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)