The common front at G7 Summit was important signal that Canada is in good company on what looks to be a difficult file By Glen Hodgson, senior fellow, Conference Board of Canada The full Trump [Read more]
Recently added threat of tariffs on auto imports is another risk factor By Glen Hodgson, Senior Fellow, Conference Board of Canada In normal circumstances, these should be boom times for Canadian exports. The U.S. economy is [Read more]
“Canada will closely collaborate with the EU, which also filed a WTO challenge today on opposing these tariffs.” – Freeland The Canadian Government is filing litigation in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that Canada’s exemption [Read more]
“The U.S. administration should reconsider its actions and provide Canada with a permanent exemption” – Simard The U.S. administration has announced that Canada’s exemption from the 10 per cent aluminium tariff is lifted as of June 1 and the tariff [Read more]
China says it will import record volumes of US crude and will probably import more commodities from the United States in an effort to stave off a trade war between the world’s two top economies. [Read more]
OPEC and its allies, as well as other oil producers, need to incorporate the increasing probability of a US recession and global slowdown when projecting oil consumption and prices in 2019 and 2020. 40 per [Read more]
Policymakers are rapidly embracing trade and investment restrictions for a range of reasons, ranging from trying to raise wages to protect strategic sectors and national security concerns. Getty Images photo by Drew Angerer. Trade and [Read more]
Trade tensions between the United States and China are creating uncertainty for businesses, and could threaten their global supply chains and future investment plans. By John Kemp LONDON, April 10 (Reuters) – Trade tensions between [Read more]
Investors and traders are probably underestimating the difficulty of the negotiations and the risk the United States and China could drift into a damaging trade war by accident. Getty Images photo by Chip Somodevilla. Game of [Read more]
President Donald Trump has insisted a trade war is winnable and pushed his officials to increase the scope of the target list and China has appeared anxious to avert a trade conflict but threatened a [Read more]
The US LNG industry is concerned the Trump tariffs and a possible trade war with China could make American projects less attractive. Cheniere Energy photo. Trump tariffs could curb new US LNG developments According to [Read more]
The Trump steel tariff would add 25 per cent to the cost of imported steel and 10 per cent to imported aluminum. Trump steel tariff could significantly impact US energy pipeline industry A number of [Read more]
Asia’s share of global crude oil imports rises from 50% today to more than two-thirds by 2040 The International Energy Agency’s new World Energy Outlook is the story of a series of upheavals in global energy, in [Read more]
Government proclaiming April as B.C. Wine Month to support wine industry In a move the Premier John Horgan says is aimed at protecting British Columbia’s wine producers, the BC government is formally challenging Alberta’s ban [Read more]
The Seoul Spirit, a crude tanker filled with US shale oil sailed from Houston and arrived in the Persian Gulf in January. Teekay.com photo. Energy economist Ed Hirs says political conflict between UAE and Saudi [Read more]
The current global trade expansion is expected to continue throughout 2018 and into 2019 which should support further rapid growth in freight volumes. CP Rail photo. Global trade growing at fastest rate since 2011 By [Read more]
Australia accounts for the highest amount of China’s coal imports at 79.91 million tonnes. EndCoal.org photo by Max Phillips. China’s coal imports from North Korea banned in February 2017 In 2017, China’s coal imports from [Read more]
NAFTA deadline could be extended beyond March After learning that US President Donald Trump is open to extending talks to modernize NAFTA, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is prepared to spend as much [Read more]
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