Category Archives: Trade Agreements
Trump’s Tariff Threats – Ending the Canada-US “Special Relationship”
Supply Management – An Outdated Policy That Should be Scrapped
Preparing for CUSMA Re-Negotiations
PM Brian Mulroney-His Trade Legacy under Threat
Op-Ed in Financial Post (Toronto)-Business & the WTO
NATO, Defense and Canadian Well-Being
This is an op-ed (14 February 2024) that explains how Canada’s poor record in meeting NATO defense expenditure obligations – and other commitments to its allies – weakens the country’s geopolitical influence and its ability to resolve economic, commercial and trade matters, ultimately impacting on the well-being of Canadians generally. It’s a call for changes… Read More »
WTO – Challenges in the Multilateral Trading Order
More Protectionism is Poor Trade Policy
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) – Some Comments
The proliferation of bilateral international investment agreements (IIAs) globally, with their binding Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions, means that investment arbitrations will be an ongoing feature of business relations in many parts of the world. Even if some countries are terminating their IIAs, investment arbitrations will continue, the challenge for governments being to respond to… Read More »