Tougher intellectual property protection in the U.S. may raise difficult negotiating issues for Canada.
barriers to trade
March 23, 2017
12:22PM
Canadians benefit from getting U.S. and Mexican goods more cheaply.
March 21, 2017
10:05AM
An estimated 30,000 to 40,000 Canadians work in the U.S. under NAFTA program.
March 2, 2017
3:00AM
Sluggish private-sector capital investment in the U.S. is bad news for Canada due to the close trade ties between the countries.
February 16, 2017
8:40AM
Changes may discourage Canadian firms from buying cheaper imports from non-U.S. sources.
February 8, 2017
3:00AM
China throws up barriers to international competition and assaults foreign investment.
February 2, 2017
8:53AM
We may see the reintroduction of tariffs across a range of products traded between the U.S. and Canada.
January 27, 2017
12:35PM
Part of the reason for the Great Depression was the Smoot-Hawley tariff established in 1930.
January 26, 2017
8:21AM
For much of the post-World War II period, the U.S. auto industry had an effective oligopoly on U.S. sales—quality plummeted and prices soared.
January 20, 2017
3:00AM
Some of Trump’s pledges could increase the competitiveness gap between the U.S. and Canada, particularly on taxes.