Canada can be a significant player in Africa—if it wants to be
As western hegemony ebbs, African stakeholders are deftly courting the opportunities that come with competition.
As Canadian competitiveness falters, organized crime and the illegal cigarette businesses are flourishing
It is time for Canada to wake up to the fact that one of the fastest growing sectors of its economy is also one of the most dangerous.
Trump’s ‘America First’ plans may undermine global trade
A nightmarish world in which economic rules don’t apply, and trade is suffocated is in no one’s interest—especially not Canada’s.
‘Unpredictable’ second Trump term requires smoothing out trade irritants with U.S., say lobbyists and advocates
Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to renegotiate the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement, which is set for review in 2026.
Relaunch advisory group to prepare for Trump’s return, says original NAFTA Council member
The original 2017 group included influential voices from the business, labour, Indigenous, and diplomatic communities, as well as former Conservative cabinet ministers.
Feds recommit to Africa strategy as observers anxious to see long-awaited plan
The feds say $230-million in funding for various diplomacy, development, and trade programs are the ‘first deliverables’ in what will become Canada’s Africa strategy.
Passing the supply management law would only maintain inflated dairy prices
If passed, Bill C-282 would further tie the government’s hands in negotiating future free trade agreements.
Doubt grows that feds’ promise to boost forced labour ban will materialize as House committee deplores ‘inaction’
A bill to strengthen the forced labour import ban was proposed in successive Liberal budgets.
We need to be ‘clear-eyed’ about Putin’s conflict with the West, says new German ambassador
In a wide-ranging interview, Tjorven Bellmann and Matthias Lüttenberg talk a new type of ambassadorial arrangement, the war in Ukraine, NATO co-operation, and allegations against India.
‘It’s inviting retaliation’: Bloc supply management bill will have Canada bracing for U.S. response, say trade watchers
CUSMA would likely not have been possible if Bill C-282 were law, says a former U.S. trade negotiator.
