The rumours have started and so has the fear - rumour has it that President-elect Obama will tie any U.S. auto aid to a repatriation of jobs from Canada and Mexico to the United States. In other words, the United States...
Some in Canada are not convinced that U.S. President-Elect Obama will act in the best interests of the North American economy. I, for one, think that the talks of renegotiating NAFTA will lead to uncertainty, which will in...
Tomorrow, I am giving a lecture at the Univeristy of Windsor, Centre for Transnational Law and Practice about NAFTA. As I was waiting for my flight, because Air Canada bumped me off the flight I was scheduled to take (why I...
For the 17th consecutive year, the 192-member United Nations Assembly urged the U.S. to lift its economic, commercial and financial embargo, but it will have little impact on the Bush administration, which is again expected to...
On October 17, 2008, during the Canada-EU summit in Quebec City, Quebec, Prime Minister Harper and President Nicholas Sarkozy of France confirmed that Canada and the EU would start to explore a free trade agreement (or possibly...
On October 15, 2008, the European Union signed an economic partnership agreement with the Cariforum Group of Nations (Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana,...
On October 14, 2008, the Conservative Party of Canada won 143 seats (subject to change upon a few recounts in tight ridings) and Prime Minister Harper won a stronger minority government. A minority government can be...
October 14, 2008, Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper published an editorial written by the Honourable Roy McLaren (who is a former Canadian Minister of International Trade). The Article can be retrieved at the following link -...
The Government of Jamaica has made the announcement below on their web-site. This is good news for Canadian negotiators who are watching winter arrive in Canada. To be clear, it is Jamaica and not Canada who are...
The Asian Tribunal has reported that the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) countries will harmonize their customs procedures and documentation. The SAARC countries include Bangladesh, Bhutan,...
On September 24, 2008, Stephane Dion, the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada indicated is response to a question at the University of British Columbia that he does not support the FTA Canada has concluded with Columiba. ...
On September 26, 2008, P)rime Minister Stephen Harper made a campaign promise to restrict the export of raw bitumen (in other words, he promised to ban the export of heavy black oil from Canada's oil sands to countries with lax...
On September 26, 2008, India successfully concluded talks on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) involving free trade of goods and services with South Korea. A Commerce Ministry source close to the...
The following article written by Michelle Collins appeared in the September 24, 2008 issue of Embassy magazine at the following link -http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2008/september/24/trade_deal/...
On September 20, 2008, the Globe & Mail newspaper reported that when Nicolas Sarkozy is in Canada for Canada-EU summit in Montreal starting on October 17, 2008, he will sign a manpower mobility agreement between France and the...
On September 18, 2008, Canada’s Globe & Mail newspaper reported that Canada and Europe may start to negotiate a free trade agreement. The rumour is that Canadian and European officials will start on October 17, 2008 93...
