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Trade and Investment Research Project
Expert research on international trade and investment treaties and globalization
The Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP) is an independently funded project administered by the CCPA. TIRP pools the trade policy research resources and expertise of Canadian non-governmental organizations from a variety of sectors. It produces expert research on a wide range of important trade and investment policy issues.
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Canada’s secret weapon in U.S. trade war? Trump’s billionaire backers
Donald Trump’s first presidency was marked by an open-door policy for billionaires seeking favourable policies. His second term promises a deeper entrenchment of oligarchic power.
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During Trump’s trade war, protecting the working class should be top of mind
As we await tomorrow’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement from the White House, the threat to Canadian jobs couldn’t be clearer.
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Debunking myths about interprovincial trade barriers
Trade barrier talk is really a continuation of the neoliberal project to put private profit ahead of the public interest. CCPA researchers pulled facts in…
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Canada should learn from Plan Mexico to respond to Trump
With U.S. President Donald Trump having implemented near-universal 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports, politicians and pundits have focused on ensuring Canada remains “competitive”…
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The new Canada-Ecuador trade deal pushes anti-democratic trade policy
Amidst all the chaos brought on by Trump’s tariff threats, Canada’s federal trade minister celebrated a minor win this month: the finalization of a trade…
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Those big GDP numbers about interprovincial trade barriers are wrong
A lot of public discourse in Canada right now is about how we need to urgently remove interprovincial trade barriers in the face of the…
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Mexico’s CUSMA loss is a warning to New Zealand
The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which succeeded the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in July 2020, contains a number of changes that address some common…
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Which Canadian workers will be hit hardest by a trade war with the United States?
On February 10, U.S. President Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada. This comes despite the 30…
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What if Canada stopped upholding U.S. tech companies’ intellectual property?
The following article was originally published by Cory Doctorow on his blog. It is reprinted here with his permission and under the terms of its…
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Interprovincial trade won’t save Canada from Trump
Since January 20, Canada has been at economic war with its largest trading partner and closest international ally. Though U.S. President Donald Trump has paused his promised …
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Trump’s tariff threats are here to stay—Scott Moe and Danielle Smith can’t change that
As Premier Scott Moe makes the rounds in Washington attempting to negotiate an end to the Trump tariff threat, the U.S. administration announced 25 per…
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An east-west oil pipeline is a trap—Canada needs an east-west electricity grid
Trump’s economic warfare and threats of annexation have triggered a rare moment of political agreement in Canada. We desperately need to reduce our economic dependence…
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