Sectoral Free Trade with China: Harder than it Looks
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- 12 novembre 2018
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Liberals’ Vague “Values” Talk Undermines Rights Promotion
- 2 février 2018
Canadian governments since the mid-1970s have claimed that promoting human rights around the world is a foreign policy priority. There are solid moral, legal, and practical grounds for doing so. Yet increasingly, the Liberal government, like its Tory predecessor, justifies …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTrump’s Security Strategy is more about his Personal Grievances
- 20 décembre 2017
US President Donald Trump released his administration’s national security strategy, presented in a speech to a subdued military audience on the afternoon of December 18th. The strategy document was previewed by Trump’s national security adviser, General H.R. McMaster, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSQuelle rationalité domine chez les capitalistes des pays en développement ?
- 13 décembre 2017
Par Thomas Chiasson-LeBel
Une bonne partie de la littérature dans le domaine des études du développement international repose sur un présupposé fragile. Celui-ci soutient que si on lui offre les stimulants adéquats, une « bourgeoisie nationale » réinvestira ses profits …
EN SAVOIR PLUSChina as #1: Where Might it Lead the World?
- 11 novembre 2017
It slowly crept up on us. But in a carefully choreographed 19th Party Congress in late October, President Xi Jinping was enthroned before several thousand elite party loyalists as “absolute monarch,” along with a multi-layered, hand-picked collection of respectful …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe Hidden Connection between Obesity, Heart Disease, and Trade
- 24 octobre 2017
This week, representatives from most of the world’s governments are meeting at a World Health Organization global conference in Uruguay to tackle the global pandemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
These NCDs are the chronic diseases — including cancers, cardiovascular diseases, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSResuscitating the Canadian Foreign Service
- 9 octobre 2017
After years of neglect and mismanagement, the Canadian foreign service is now in serious trouble. The story of how it got this way is a long one, with a litany of poor management, appalling decisions by senior public servants, and …
EN SAVOIR PLUS
NAFTA is the Wrong Venue to Govern Digital Trade
- 14 septembre 2017
By Susan Ariel Aaronson and Patrick Leblond
Diplomats from Canada, Mexico, and the United States are thinking about the website where you met your soulmate, and the cloud service where you store your photos. In an increasingly digital economy, policy …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe US Has Much to Gain in Embracing Freeland’s Free-Trade Approach
- 16 août 2017
On 14 August, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland outlined Canada’s objectives for renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement in view of the negotiations that began on 16 August.
Freeland was optimistic about the real possibility of modernizing NAFTA in a …
EN SAVOIR PLUSUS Demands Won’t Lead to the NAFTA of Our Nightmares
- 22 juillet 2017
On July 17, the United States Trade Representative Office published the Trump administration’s detailed objectives for renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement. Contrary to President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about NAFTA in the past, the objectives document’s overall tone is very …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCETA after Opinion 2/15: Legal Clarity or Confusion?
- 13 juillet 2017
By Jens Ladefoged Mortensen
Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
The EU’s trading partners must wonder what goes on inside Europe. What does it take to get a trade deal done? True, trade negotiations are notoriously complex. The CETA …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDealing with Trump, Part 2: Charm Them with Statistics
- 2 juin 2017
Given the decentralized nature of power in the United States, Ottawa’s attack plan to protect NAFTA includes a significant lobbying effort with members of Congress. Armed with detailed numbers, Canadian representatives repeatedly emphasize what is probably their strongest argument: Canada …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDealing with Trump, Part 1: Canada’s Success (So Far)
- 1 juin 2017
Few countries have more to lose economically from a hostile Donald Trump administration than Canada. The country’s prosperity is largely dependent on privileged access to the US market: about 75 percent of Canadian exports are sold in the United States, …
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