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Slowdown of world economic growth would likely reduce demand for Canadian resource exports
In March, President Trump increased tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese goods, escalating the trade dispute between the United States and China. He also initiated steps to put 25 per cent tariffs on an additional $340 billion of ...
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New trade pact mixed bag for Canadians
The long-running soap opera that was the NAFTA renegotiations has ended—at least for now. At the last minute before President Trump’s September 30 midnight deadline, Canadian and U.S. negotiators finalized an agreement that expands an ...
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Shrinking U.S. trade deficit likely bad news for U.S. trading partners
Ordinarily, official announcements of the monthly U.S. trade deficit get minimal attention from the media. Not so for the recent announcement by the U.S. Commerce Department of the March 2018 U.S. trade deficit. Numerous media reports ...
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Canada’s closer ties to China may strain ties with U.S.
Prime Minister Trudeau’s recent visit to China promises to strengthen the economic and political relations between Canada and China. Among other things stemming from the visit, the Canadian government announced the signing of 56 business ...
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Worsening U.S.-China trade relations will likely slow economic growth in Canada
Trade and investment relations between China and the United States have been fraught for years. Unfortunately, recent indications point to the economic relationship between the two countries becoming even more contentious over the ...
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U.S. suspicion of Chinese investment an opportunity for Canada
Chinese companies are on a foreign buying spree. For example, Chinese companies have recently made takeover offers for Ingram Micro Inc., a U.S.-based technology products distributor, Syngenta, an agricultural seeds manufacturer based in ...
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China displaces Canada as largest U.S. trade partner (though China’s bragging rights may be short-lived)
Recently released data from the U.S. Department of Commerce show that through September 2015, China accounted for a larger share of total U.S. trade than Canada. Specifically, China accounted for 15.7 per cent of total U.S. trade, while ...