From: Daniel Schwanen To: The Honourable Chrystia Freeland Date: July 6, 2018 Re: A New Coalition for Trade in the Era of Trump On June 6, 2017, in a much remarked speech in the House of Commons, you rightly extolled the virtues of a global order based on rules, including rules promoting, as you put it, “free and friendly […]
From: Gilles Gauthier To: Canada’s NAFTA Negotiators Date: June 27, 2018 Re: The NAFTA Talks. Towards a New Paradigm? (Part Two) Yesterday, we explored the difficult terrain for the renegotiation of NAFTA. Today: What are the possible scenarios? If we were in a traditional trade negotiation and if the parties were really trying to find […]
De la part de: Gilles Gauthier A l’attention de: Les Canadiens préoccupés par l’avenir de l’ALENA Date: 27 juin, 2018 Objet: La renégociation de l’ALENA. Vers un nouveau paradigme? (II) Hier, nous avons exploré le terrain difficile pour la renégociation de l’ALENA. Aujourd’hui: Quels sont les scénarios possibles? Si nous étions dans une négociation commerciale traditionnelle ou les parties […]
From: Gilles Gauthier To: Canada’s NAFTA Negotiators Date: June 26, 2018 Re: The NAFTA Talks: Towards a New Paradigm? (Part One) In early spring, Prime Minister Trudeau and President Trump were optimistic about an imminent conclusion of the NAFTA renegotiation. Then came the imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum by the United States, followed […]
From: Dan Ciuriak and Meredith Crowley To: Canadians Concerned about Trade Wars Date: June 20, 2018 Re: Weaponizing Uncertainty: Trade Policy under the Trump Administration The Trump Administration is deploying uncertainty as a new weapon in trade protection. Our new C.D. Howe Institute paper shows that uncertainty acts like a non-tariff barrier that impedes trade and investment. Importantly, unlike […]
The Trump Administration is deploying uncertainty as a new weapon in trade protection, according to an analysis published by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Weaponizing Uncertainty” authors Meredith Crowley and Dan Ciuriak show that uncertainty acts like a non-tariff barrier that impedes trade and investment. Importantly, unlike actual tariffs, uncertainty is only indirectly observed and […]
Ottawa should press its progressive trade agenda, which is a response to the global rise of anti-globalization, with trading partners other than Washington, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Canada’s Progressive Trade Agenda: NAFTA and Beyond,” author Dan Ciuriak assesses the effectiveness of the PTA and weighs in on whether […]
From: Dan Ciuriak To: Canadians Concerned about Tariffs Date: June 14, 2018 Re: Deconstructing Canada’s Progressive Trade Agenda Canada is developing a progressive trade agenda in response to the global rise of anti-globalization populism. And while it may seem a forlorn goal given the current Washington-induced trade turmoil, it is in fact a strategy explicitly designed to counteract the […]
From: Jon Johnson To: Trade Officials of the EU, Canada, Mexico and Japan Date: June 12, 2018 Re: Is Trump’s Call for “Total Free Trade” Real or a Bluff Just before departing the G7 conference on Saturday, Donald Trump stated that his government believes in “total free trade,” with the complete elimination of tariffs, subsidies […]
From: Laurence Kotlikoff To: Global policymakers Date: June 8, 2018 Re: Our Economic Future and How to Fix It (An extract of remarks at the C.D. Howe Institute’s annual Jack Mintz Lecture) Let me preface my remarks by apologizing for the economically illiterate demagogue who has become our president and saluting you, as a nation, […]
From: Dan Ciuriak and Jingliang Xiao To: Canadians Concerned About Tariffs Date: June 6, 2018 Re: The Effects of Steel and Aluminum Tariffs The Trump Administration signalled from the very beginning that it intended to reshape America’s trade and has consistently acted on this pledge, pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, launching the NAFTA renegotiation with an offer designed […]
From: Jon Johnson To: Kevin Brady, Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee and Orin Hatch, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Copy to: Thomas Donohue, President and CEO, US Chamber of Commerce Date: June 1, 2018 Re: Reciprocal Trade, Trump/Ross Bilateralism and Abuse of Section 232 On May 14, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross challenged the WTO […]
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The Trump Administration is deploying uncertainty as a new weapon in trade protection, according to an analysis published by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Weaponizing Uncertainty” authors Meredith Crowley and Dan Ciuriak show that uncertainty acts like a non-tariff barrier that impedes trade and investment. Importantly, unlike actual tariffs, uncertainty is only indirectly observed and […] 
Ottawa should press its progressive trade agenda, which is a response to the global rise of anti-globalization, with trading partners other than Washington, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Canada’s Progressive Trade Agenda: NAFTA and Beyond,” author Dan Ciuriak assesses the effectiveness of the PTA and weighs in on whether […] 
From: Dan Ciuriak To: Canadians Concerned about Tariffs Date: June 14, 2018 Re: Deconstructing Canada’s Progressive Trade Agenda Canada is developing a progressive trade agenda in response to the global rise of anti-globalization populism. And while it may seem a forlorn goal given the current Washington-induced trade turmoil, it is in fact a strategy explicitly designed to counteract the […] 
From: Jon Johnson To: Trade Officials of the EU, Canada, Mexico and Japan Date: June 12, 2018 Re: Is Trump’s Call for “Total Free Trade” Real or a Bluff Just before departing the G7 conference on Saturday, Donald Trump stated that his government believes in “total free trade,” with the complete elimination of tariffs, subsidies […] 
From: Laurence Kotlikoff To: Global policymakers Date: June 8, 2018 Re: Our Economic Future and How to Fix It (An extract of remarks at the C.D. Howe Institute’s annual Jack Mintz Lecture) Let me preface my remarks by apologizing for the economically illiterate demagogue who has become our president and saluting you, as a nation, […]