Under the Trump administration’s “America First” policy, there likely will be more trade complaints initiated by U.S.-based companies.
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The U.S. wants to diminish the WTO’s ability to settle trade disputes.
Canada invented contingent protectionism back in 1904, so we’re not exactly innocents in this area.
According to reports, the Trudeau government thinks President Trump will pull the U.S. out of NAFTA.
If you tax something less, you’ll likely get more of it.
Dry bulk carriers make money going to China, but often leave empty.
The debate about net neutrality primarily turns on the degree of competition among ISPs.
If passed in its current form, the Republican tax bill may result in US$1 trillion in tax cuts for U.S. businesses over the next 10 years.
Like today, timber, lumber and dairy were commodities of interest in trade negotiations in the nineteenth century.
President Trump seems to be taking a 1930s-style beggar-thy-neighbour approach to trade.