Category Archives: Supply Chains

Chinese Electric Vehicles – An emerging threat? This is an article of mine published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (https://macdonaldlaurier.ca) about trade actions by Western governments to combat the influx of subsidized Chinese vehicles.

A trade war over Chinese electric vehicles looms large

China and the Global EV Challenge

This opinion piece the The Globe and Mail (Toronto, 30 January 2024) discusses the ongoing trade war between China and the West, as massively subsidized Chinese EVs, batteries and other automotive components enter the global marketplace. With trade restrictions against Chinese EVs in the US and a trade action just starting in the EU, this… Read More »

WTO – Challenges in the Multilateral Trading Order

Seismic Shifts in Global Trade-Inside Policy

Historic Shifts in Global Trade

Friend-Shoring & the Twilight of Multilateralism

Critical Trade Issues for Critical Minerals

In this paper published by the MacDonald Laurier Institute, I say Canada’s Export Control List should be enlarged to include critical minerals, which is not the case now. Second, I say that export controls are a vital strategic tool and that any Canadian critical minerals policy must include export controls as a major component of… Read More »