<time datetime="2019-06-25T00:00:05-04:00">June 25, 2019</time>

The Trump administration has pursued a sharply different – and for its trade partners unsettling – trade policy from that followed by all previous American administrations in the postwar period.…

<time datetime="2018-08-02T00:00:01-04:00">August 2, 2018</time>

August 2, 2018 —The long trade peace that took hold with the signing of the GATT in 1947 is over, according to an analysis published by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The March into Trade Wars: US…

<time datetime="2018-06-19T00:00:01-04:00">June 19, 2018</time>

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…

<time datetime="2018-06-14T00:00:01-04:00">June 14, 2018</time>

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.…

<time datetime="2017-07-13T00:01:00-04:00">July 13, 2017</time>

A newly empowered US Congress will be holding the reins in the upcoming NAFTA talks, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Table Stakes: Congress Will be Sitting across from Canada…

<time datetime="2017-02-14T00:01:00-05:00">February 14, 2017</time>

The imposition of a border adjustment tax (BAT) by the United States would hit Canadian exporters hard, according to a C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Aftershocks: Quantifying the Economic Impacts…

Intelligence Memos
From: Dan Ciuriak To: Canadian Trade Watchers Date: July 3, 2024 Re: Industrial Policy Lessons from a Dairy Pot Calling Canada’s Kettle Black Industrial policy is very much in…
Op-Ed
The World Trade Organization, the multilateral body that oversees the global trading system, is not top of mind for the business community. But it should be. The WTO’s current diminished state…
Intelligence Memos
From: Lawrence Herman To: Canadian trade observers Date: November 28, 2023 Re: Canada’s Digital Tax Ship Still Sails Even as Rollout is Delayed The Fall Economic Statement…