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Digital divergence splits another WTO ministerial
As the international moratorium on taxing digital trade lapses, Canada and others seek to make it permanent through a controversial agreement
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“Critical minerals” strategy is going down a cynical road
As the U.S. and China compete for control of strategic minerals and technology, Canada should prioritize climate action over geopolitics.
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Do trade deals put public health care up for sale?
Alberta’s promised two-tier transition comes with unacknowledged threats from trade and investment agreements.
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Mexico’s CUSMA consultations show alignments with Canada
Business overwhelmingly backs the trade pact but with tensions related to tariffs, dispute panels, labour enforcement and Asian imports
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Is the U.S. coming for Canada’s dairy supply management?
Trade reforms pushed by U.S. producers and large retailers in the CUSMA review could further compromise domestic industry
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World Trade Organization strikes down climate industrial strategy again
Long-standing conflict between trade disciplines and economic support measures plague global green new deals
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Masters in our own house: Foreign ownership and investment trends in Canada
How much does foreign capital own in the Canadian economy—and how much Canadian capital do we export abroad?
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U.S. Supreme Court complicates—but does not end—Trump’s trade war
Impacts on Canada, Mexico and the CUSMA review
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Time for a wartime industrial strategy in Canada
A national industrial policy could unite Canada in the face of growing external threats from the Unites States
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Canada’s new UAE trade and investment deal is bad news
Canada is acting as a middleman, not a middle power—serving as a conduit for profits from human rights abuses and fossil fuels
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Canada must strengthen its China EV deal to protect autoworkers
Canada can’t import its way to net-zero, or to a better trading model. It needs to build here at home.
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Carney in Davos: Neoliberalism in a nicer suit
Prime Minister Mark Carney is receiving international accolades for his Davos speech in which he said what many have argued for years about the U.S.-led…
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