30/03/2017
Will there really be a China-U.S. trade war?
Trump’s attacks on China’s economic policies, and his threats against Chinese imports, have led to widespread speculation of a China US trade war.
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13/03/2017
How can Canadian SMEs take advantage of CETA?
To explore the new opportunities presented by CETA, we asked some Canadian trade experts to share their take in this month’s #TradeElite Twitter chat.
13/12/2016
Trade is terrible – why do we do it?
Anti-trade activities and anti-globalization advocates focus on the very real negative outcomes of trade, but there are some equally real positives of globalization.
23/11/2015
U.S. sugar producers get favourable trade ruling against Mexican imports
A long-running trade dispute between the United States and Mexico over the American sugar market has been resolved by the U.S. International Trade Commission (U.S. ITC), which ruled in late October that Mexican imports of the commodity had hurt U.S. sugar producers.
21/09/2015
How interprovincial trade barriers are hurting Canada’s economy and burdening exporters
While we have placed international trade in a position of national importance, making every effort to expand and grow our trading relationships globally, our domestic trade remains limited, blocked by interprovincial barriers that cost our industries billions of dollars through their inefficiencies.
02/07/2015
Report predicts major boom in U.S. trade from growing Asian economies
The United States stands to benefit in trade from the growth of Asian economies such as Vietnam and Korea, British bank HSBC said in a report in late May. U.S. trade is expected to benefit strongly from an uptick in growth in China, Vietnam, India, and other countries in Asia.
04/06/2015
International businesses beware, the U.S. has entered a new era of sanctions enforcement
Make no mistake about it – sanctions enforcement is here to stay. We are at an important crossroads – the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control is flexing its compliance enforcement muscle, along with the criminal prosecution capabilities of the Department of Justice.
In the years to come, we will look back on these days as the beginning of a new era of sanctions enforcement.
21/04/2015
Will trade deals destroy the U.S. middle class – or save it?
As the U.S. enters into trade negotiations to create long-standing agreements with the European Union and with Asian partners, a debate is raging about whether or not international trade pacts are hurting or helping the U.S. middle class.