Trade diversification always failed, this time could be different
While Canada’s digital services exports have grown rapidly, they have not grown as rapidly as those of peers with similar levels of AI research expertise or GDP.
Diversifying Canada’s trade and ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ share in the opportunity
Diversifying our trade partners is not a slogan; it’s a practical shift in how we produce, move, and sell Canadian goods and services. It’s also a test of whether our growth agenda is inclusive especially for Indigenous peoples whose leadership and entrepreneurship are essential to long-term prosperity.
Canada can’t trade on hope
Canada does not have the luxury of moving slowly. Because the world is getting less stable—and our closest trading partner is getting less predictable.
Lack of trade infrastructure, insufficient supports for small business among realities of trade-war woes, say experts
Canada has ‘baseline difficulties in building new trade assets,’ says Carlo Dade, director of International Policy and the New North America Initiative at the University of Calgary.
The grass is greener where you water it
To grow exports, Canada’s agricultural research capacity must be maintained.
Senators ‘hopeful’ for shifting tide in Congress as U.S. lawmakers rally to Canada’s cause
The U.S. Congress has largely abandoned its jurisdictional authority over trade to the Trump White House, but Canadian engagement has continued while waiting for the ‘pendulum’ to swing back.
Could a Canada-Cuba hookup be in the cards?
A Canada-Cuba dalliance that removes the communist stigma could be a face-saving alternative to an unpopular incursion.
Canada faces ‘an emergency of extraordinary proportions’ with Trump, say foreign affairs and trade experts
U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent rant on X about the bridge linking Windsor, Ont., to Detroit, Mich., augurs badly for the upcoming review of North America’s trade pact, says international trade lawyer Lawrence Herman.
‘Something new is needed’: Ottawa’s diplomatic corps still trying to grasp Carney’s worldview after Davos
‘Carney broke out of that binary between unacceptable subordination and self-destructive resistance, and he gave a third way,’ says South African envoy Rieaz Shaik.
What price will Trump demand and where will Carney draw the line?
Mark Carney is not abandoning CUSMA. But Donald Trump’s ego demands ‘wins,’ and Carney has promised to sign a deal only if it is ‘good for Canada.’ So Canada must be prepared to walk away if Trump’s demands would make us the 51st state in all but name. The immediate result would be costly, with a recession, affecting everything from the job market to the Canadian dollar. Much will depend on how well we are proceeding with Carney’s efforts for ‘strategic autonomy’ and the options generated. But it can be managed.
