Diplomatic relations between India and Canada, long characterized by shared traditions of democracy, pluralism, and strong interpersonal connections have hit rock bottom. This turmoil has sent ripples across critical domains, from trade and security to economic stability. The recent falling out stems from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s assertion of “credible intelligence” linking the Indian Read More…
Tag: Trade
NATO’s Role in the Grain Gain from Ukraine
Why is it important that NATO supports the export of grain from Ukraine? Barış Atakan Kafadar explores NATO’s role and why the organization’s involvement is crucial to ensuring the security of the global food supply.
Biden and the Comprehensive and Progressive Transpacific Partnership: Challenges for Re-entry
The greatest challenge for Biden in the Pacific may be proving that U.S participation in multilateral-free trade agreements is a necessity and not a luxury. Emilio Angeles writes.
Euro-Caspian Energy Security and Geoeconomics
This edited transcript of a 40-minute podcast interview (1 November 2020) covers the Caspian Sea’s legal regime, national interests of its littoral states, Turkey’s role in Euro-Caspian energy security, American and Chinese interests in the region, and why the Caspian Sea’s significance will increase still more in future.
The Future of Canada-Japan Relations in the Post-Trump Era
The Canada-Japan relationship is well established but it will face some uncertainty in the coming years. In this article, Emilio Angeles examines the bilateral-relationship and highlights potential areas of contention between the two countries.
Uncertain Alliance: Turkey’s goals in the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the implications for Canada-Turkey relations
Griffin Cornwall examines the role played by Turkey in supporting Azerbaijan in the ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and how this impacts the defence relationship between Turkey and Canada.
Interview with Leigh Smout
Tehseen Rana of the NATO Association of Canada interviews Leigh Smout of the World Trade Center Toronto.
International Trade Implications on Canadian Business
Following a press release the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevêdo made remarks on the theme of slowing global trade growth earlier this year. In 2017, there was optimism of renewed momentum in global trade which was backed by a 4.6% growth. This period of broad-based growth lasted throughout 2017 and into Read More…
Reforming Development Aid
In this article, Dan Poliwoda reviews the inefficacy of current development aid programming schemes, and discusses how they can be reformed. Dan argues that development aid should be predicated on adopting market-oriented reforms that promote market competition and developing countries’ engagement in global trade.
The WTO and PTAs: Channeling Bilateral Trade Towards Broader Trade Liberalization
In this article, Dan Poliwoda reviews the recent proliferation of preferential trade agreements, and considers how the WTO should respond, as international trade trends away from multilateralism towards bilateralism.