Sectoral Free Trade with China: Harder than it Looks
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- 12 novembre 2018
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Sectoral Free Trade with China: Harder than it Looks
- 12 novembre 2018
by Philip Calvert
Canada has announced a change of tack in its pursuit of free trade with China. Instead of pursuing a broad free trade agreement, Canada will seek reductions in Chinese tariffs through bilateral sectoral agreements. The agriculture sector …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLa «clause Chine» de l’AEUMC n’est pas un veto
- 18 octobre 2018
L’article 32.10 de l’accord envisagé entre les États-Unis, le Mexique et le Canada (AEUMC) a provoqué de vives critiques. Divers commentaires ont été jusqu’à dire que la clause constituait en réalité un choix entre les États-Unis et la Chine, ou …
EN SAVOIR PLUSHarnessing Disruption: Working with China on Global Trade
- 3 août 2018
Patrick Leblond and Pascale Massot
Ottawa provided welcome news with its recent announcement of a fall meeting with multiple nations to discuss the future of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
It confirmed that the Trudeau government is not shifting its …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe Prospects for Chinese Leadership in an Age of Upheaval
- 24 juillet 2018
Srdjan Vucetic, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
Bentley B. Allan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
Ted Hopf, Provost Chair Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore…
EN SAVOIR PLUSWomen Leaders Needed in the WTO
- 14 juin 2018
The Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment is a stepping stone on the road to advancing gender equality and the economic empowerment of women in the World Trade Organization (WTO). The best way to achieve gender equality in an …
EN SAVOIR PLUSSentinels of the Pacific: What Seabirds Tell Us about the Oil Industry
- 8 juin 2018
When ornithologist Hisashi Sugawa of the Bird Banding Association invited me this May to accompany his team to the ongoing investigation of the Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) on Kanmuri Island, an uninhabited island under the jurisdiction of Maizuru …
EN SAVOIR PLUS
Why Nationalizing the Trans Mountain Pipeline is Undemocratic
- 8 juin 2018
When Canadians woke up to learn that they were the proud owners of a run-down pipeline, many of them no doubt asked themselves, “Can the government just do that?” After all, nationalization hasn’t been a popular government pastime in Canada …
EN SAVOIR PLUSUne ingérence inacceptable dans nos affaires
- 24 mai 2018
Jusqu’à tout récemment, les clients d’Air Canada pouvaient choisir de se rendre à Taipei, TW, c’est-à-dire, Taipei, Taiwan. Or, depuis la dernière semaine, la société Air Canada a opéré un changement subtil, annonçant sur son site la destination de Taipei, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSChina’s Thought Police Handcuff Canadian Businesses
- 16 mai 2018
When I received Air Canada’s promotional email about a worldwide seat sale this week, I immediately checked their website to book my August trip to Taipei. To my surprise, the list of destinations had been changed to read “Taipei, China” …
EN SAVOIR PLUSArms Exports and Feminist Foreign Policy
- 11 avril 2018
In recent years, we’ve seen a number of depressing political shifts in the Euro-Atlantic area — but the rise of feminist foreign policies is not among them.
The trend was set in 2014 when Margot Wallström was named foreign minister …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLa visite du roi et de la reine des Belges : symbolique et pragmatique
- 12 mars 2018
À notre époque de républicanisme et de populisme, fussent-ils le plus souvent antinomiques, une visite royale peut paraître anachronique. Pourtant on peut se souvenir du rôle du père de l’actuel monarque belge quand il n’était pas encore roi mais Prince …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe Ethics of Buying Clothes Produced in Sweatshops
- 26 février 2018
International Development Week (IDW), hosted by undergraduate students of the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa, took place the week of 5 February 2018. Hundreds of Ottawa-area undergraduate students enthusiastically participated in discussions designed …
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