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Newfoundland is holding the Canada-Europe free-trade talks hostage
Cheese war with Europe: Dutch gouda at the 2013 Gruene Woche agricultural trade fair in 2013 in Berlin. Gruene Woche is the world’s largest agricultural trade fair. (Sean Gallup/Getty) Sir John A....
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CETA could be huge for Canada—if companies are ready to adapt
David Cameron, Stephen Harper and Angela Merkel at a G7 summit in June 2015. (Michael Kappeler/AFP/Getty) After long negotiations, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement...
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How Mexico’s manufacturing sector is eclipsing Canada’s
On the assembly line of the Honda Motors factory in Celaya, Guanajuato state, Mexico in 2014. (Omar Torres/AFP/Getty) Near the end of August, the price of oil dipped under $40 a barrel for the first...
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How the Trans-Pacific Partnership will grow Canada’s service exports
Skyline of Taipei, Taiwan. (Craig Ferguson/Lightrocket/Getty) The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations could wrap up this week. Headlines focus largely on the impact on Canada’s dairy and auto...
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With this TPP deal, chalk up a victory for Stephen Harper
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper speaks during a press conference regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal in Ottawa on Monday, October 5, 2015. (Nathan Denette/CP) Prime Minister Stephen Harper...
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Why we need to call a new Royal Commission on the economy
(DeAgostini/Getty) Canada allowed itself to be hypnotized by triple-digit oil prices. Stephen Harper talked of the country as an emerging “energy superpower.” Economist Jeff Rubin became a minor...
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Canada’s effect on the U.S. economy might be bigger than you think
Trucks on the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit, among Canada’s busiest border crossings. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty) China may now be the largest trading partner of the United States, but...
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Canadian exporters are finally waking up to opportunity in Asia
Hong Kong retail district Causeway Bay, the most expensive retail real estate in the world. (Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty) Canada’s exporters may be figuring it out: the future is in Asia. Policy makers...
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In China, Canadian businesses need to think longer term
Chinese trader waits for customers at his stall selling wholesale toy balls at the Yiwu International Trade City on September 24, 2015 in Yiwu, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty) The rumours of China’s...
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Five ways global trade will change for Canada in 2016
Skyline of Shanghai by night. (Yifei Wang/Getty) The trade game has changed for Canada. Over the past decade, China’s and other emerging markets’ rapid economic growth created a surge in demand for...
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Why the TPP won’t cost 20,000 manufacturing jobs in Canada
(Bill Pugliano/Getty) The latest meme to circulate in Canadian economic policy circles is that the Trans-Pacific Partnership could cost 20,000 automotive manufacturing jobs in Canada. Unlike the oil...
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Why are Canadians turning their backs on free trade?
Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne (centre, in blue) visits the Golden Temple in Amritsar in January 2016, during a trade mission to India. (Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times/Getty) Ontario Premier Kathleen...
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Nine ways to improve Canada’s international trade strategy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, sits beside Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland as they take part in a Trans-Pacific Partnership meeting on the side-lines of the APEC Summit in...
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Five stocks that could help protect against Brexit aftershocks
(Leon Neal/AFP/Getty) A lot has been said about Britain’s decision to leave the European Union—it was a vote against immigration, a desire to become more independent, a referendum on the Conservative...
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Donald Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric exposes deep rifts in the global economy
Despite Donald Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric, globalization is here to stay. (Carolyn Caster/AP) Within days of the Brexit vote, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama were in...
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A new U.S. president requires rethinking Canada’s export policies
Hillary Clinton campaigning in Pittsburgh, PA, in July 2016. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) Historically, U.S. Presidential elections come with so many unexpected twists, turns and surprises. The November 8,...
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Hillary Clinton will be the next president. Everything else is a distraction
Hillary Clinton campaigning in Des Moines, Iowa in August 2016. (Steve Pope/Getty) The latest Netflix hit, Stranger Things, features a dark alternate dimension controlled by a horrible monster. That...
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CETA, Canada’s major free trade deal with the EU, is close to dead
Canada’s International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland. (David Rowland/SNPA/CP) CETA—the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, a major free-trade deal between Canada and the European Union,...
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What CETA’s troubles in Europe mean for Canada’s export entrepreneurs
International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland answers a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, October 24, 2016. (Adrian Wyld/CP) When...
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How the Trump effect is hampering Canadian companies now
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump waits behind his podium as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton makes her way off the stage following the third presidential debate at UNLV in...
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Donald Trump’s election hasn’t changed the Bank of Canada’s strategy—yet
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz (Chris Young/CP) There was some commotion after the Bank of Canada’s last policy announcement. A good number of the central bank’s closest observers...
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The three most important lessons about the economy from 2016
Trudeau isn’t breaking the economy “Unicorns and rainbows,” is how then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper dubbed the economic policy of Justin Trudeau during the last days of the 2015 federal election....
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Even in the age of Trump, there are U.S. trade opportunities for Canada
Car shipment crossing the Canada-U.S. border at Niagara Falls. (John Moore/Getty) Fluidconcepts has produced office furnishing for MGM Studios, H&R Block and Variety magazine, among other U.S....
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Canada needs a free trade deal with China, says Teck Resources CEO
Security guards patrol the Shanghai Free Trade Zone. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP) Amid the uncertainty around Canadian companies’ access to the U.S. market, Teck Resources CEO Don Lindsay has added his voice to...
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Why 2017 might be the year Canada leads the new global economy
(iStock) With a new U.S. president, the U.K. about to leave the European Union and political turmoil in many emerging markets, the global economy is far from stable in the early days of 2017. Yet amid...
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The era of massive trade deals is over. Time to think smaller—and smarter
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in January 2017. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP) What would Chrystia Freeland, the journalist, make of Chrystia Freeland, the cabinet...
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Trump’s guiding rule is “America First.” Canada won’t be an exception
This article originally appeared at Maclean’s. Don’t worry, be happy. It’s not us, it’s Mexico, right? That’s the basic message that the head of Donald Trump’s business advisory board, Stephen...
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Everyone would lose in a trade war between the U.S. and Mexico
Mexican flag near the Mexico-U.S. border. (Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty) This article originally appeared in Maclean’s. The American government was talking war last week—trade war. In fact Wilbur Ross,...
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Trump’s NAFTA renegotiation stance looks more aggressive than ever
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump after their joint press conference on February 13, 2017. (Rex/Shutterstock/CP) This week Donald Trump’s administration released its objectives...
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Can Donald Trump really pull the U.S. out of NAFTA all on his own?
(Pablo Martinez Monsivais/ Canadian Press) Listening to President Donald Trump, or reading his Twitter musings, sure leaves the impression he claims unfettered power to yank the United States clear of...
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The hidden risks of opening up trade with China
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is greeted by Chinese President Xi Jinping as they take part in a bi-lateral meeting at the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey on Monday, November 16, 2015. (Sean...
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Washington wants stricter country-of-origin rules in NAFTA 2.0. That’s a problem
(Thomas Niedermueller/Getty) It’s not like Canada is an unattractive place to stick a factory or a foreign outpost. Consider: a $2-trillion economy; relatively rich households that don’t mind shopping...
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‘All hell will break loose’: Here’s what happens if Donald Trump kills NAFTA
To understand how the President of the United States views the North American Free Trade Agreement, as with anything, one need only check Twitter. In August, Donald Trump tweeted that Canada and...
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Donald Trump’s NAFTA attacks are exposing Canada’s economic faultlines
(Win McNamee/Getty) In order for Donald Trump to satisfy his definition of a win, Canada must lose. The president insists his bottom line when it comes to trade is narrowing the wide gap between U.S....
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Who really loses if Donald Trump kills NAFTA? America’s Rust Belt
President-elect Donald Trump addresses a crowd in December 2016. (Mark Wilson/Getty) Whatever Donald Trump decides to do about NAFTA, his instinct to trash the trade deal may end up hurting his own...
View ArticleObama the free-trader? Yes, and it’s probably good politics: Erica Alini
The second-term Obama administration has discovered free trade. The White House is reportedly very eager to reach an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a complex negotiation that involves...
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INFOGRAPHIC: Just how big are Canada’s free trade deals?
Canada has always been a trading nation. Increasingly, it is a free-trading one. Thanks to recent agreements with South Korea and the European Union, around 80% of Canada’s trade will soon be...
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INFOGRAPHIC: How Mexico is overtaking Canada’s auto sector
As Unifor fights to form a union at Toyota’s manufacturing plant in Kitchener, Ont., Canada’s position as a car-producing juggernaut is quickly slipping away. In 2013, Mexico was the third-largest...
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Canada’s 50 Most Powerful Business People 2014: U.S. Ambassador to Canada...
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Is it possible for a corporation to be patriotic?: Chris MacDonald
The California and American flags hanging in a Walmart in Palmdale, Calif. But what makes a company “American”? (David McNew/Getty) What makes a Canadian company Canadian? What is it that makes an...
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