Feds need to spotlight North American integration to gain exemption from Biden’s protectionist Buy American measures, say experts
With the Canadian government seeking to get an exemption from the Biden administration’s protectionist Buy American executive order, it will have to convince the White House on the need to protect Canada and the U.S.’s integrated economies, say experts. An exemption could result in having Canada acquiesce to a stricter protectionist regime, at the same […]
Ottawa has verbal assurances from EU that export controls won’t delay vaccine shipments, Ng says
Ottawa has verbal assurances from the European Union that its export controls won’t delay the delivery of vaccines bound for Canada, but is preparing a contingency plan in case the bloc is unable to honour that promise, say federal officials. Testifying before the House International Trade Committee on Monday, Steve Verhuel, assistant deputy minister of trade […]
Reviving Canada’s economic links to the United States
Since 1945, the Canada-U.S. bilateral economic relationship has most often been the largest and most diversified in the world. Moreover, even though China has recently emerged as the leading trading nation globally, economic ties between Canada and the United States have remained strong. For example, the U.S. has usually exported more goods to Canada, with 38 […]
Biden presidency will be good news for Canada-U.S. relations
Newly elected U.S. President Joe Biden will take the oath of office on Jan. 20. Being the president of the United States has never been an easy job, but the 78-year-old president’s faces significantly tougher challenges than his recent predecessors. Political turmoil and outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump’s divisive policies have put the unity of […]
Canada has a renewable energy world leader right in our own backyard
As referenced in the Government of Canada’s new climate plan, “A Healthy Environment and A Healthy Economy,” according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2020, solar power is now the cheapest source of electricity in history. In fact, looking back just 10 years ago, solar prices in Canada have dropped some 90 per […]
From annus horribilis to annus mirabilis?
While 2020 will deservedly be remembered as the annus horribilis—producing one of history’s most devastating pandemics causing millions of deaths and pushing tens of millions into extreme poverty (including in Canada and the U.S.)—2021 will also prove to be historically pivotal. It is the year during which governments, globally, will reassess how and with what […]
Opposition demands to see government’s plan for implementation of new Canada-U.K. trade bill
The last-minute release of the text of the Canada-U.K. Trade Continuity Agreement has left Parliamentarians with little time to pass an implementation bill needed to maintain trade coverage between the two countries, as opposition MPs are taking aim at the lack of transparency over the government’s plan to protect tariff-free trade. While the two governments […]
New Thai envoy plans hands-on approach to bring better support to citizens, diaspora
For Thailand’s new ambassador in Ottawa, his priorities are all about people. It’s why he’s travelled to see off many of the repatriation flights sending Thais home, including going last week to Pearson International Airport, waving his countrymen off and hearing first-hand how their experience was in Canada. He estimates 99 per cent of the […]
Tick tock: Liberals call for swift implementation of new Canada-U.K. trade pact as legislative process remains murky
After completing negotiations for a rollover of Canada-U.K. trade provisions, the Liberals have little time to pass the new deal through Parliament before those provisions expire at the end of December, with opposition Parliamentarians accusing the government of once again ignoring the role of Parliament. Opposition MPs have questioned whether there’s enough time to pass […]
PMO’s Canada-U.S. relations team gearing up for transition to Biden administration
A slimmed-down Canada-U.S. relations unit first established within the Prime Minister’s Office nearly four years ago following the election of President Donald Trump remains in place heading into president-elect Joe Biden’s administration, with a concentration on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, trade issues, climate and energy, as well as a renewed focus on international […]
