Globalization is the process of interrelating and integrating people, ideas, companies, and governments across the world. Globalization efforts are sustained by free moving trade, high levels of investment and labour migration among nations. Since 1950, the volume of world trade has gone up twenty times and foreign investment doubled to $827 billion. Subsequently, living standards Read More…
Tag: Trade
CETA Explained: How the Canadian-EU Trade Deal is Stirring Up Controversy
What are the controversies surrounding the most significant trade deal for Canada since NAFTA? Charlotte Provost and Michele Di Leo analyze the economic consequences of CETA, as well as the political hurdles it must clear.
Part II: The American Case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
In Part II of this series, Sandy VIngoe offers rebuttals to some of the most commonly-leveled arguments posed against the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Part I: The American Case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Does the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal favour American interests? Since its announcement, TPP has been under constant attack by various economists and activist groups. Sandy VIngoe examines the benefits of TPP from an American perspective.
Clearing the Logjam: Canadian Lumber and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade deal spanning some 6,000 pages. Paul Pryce explains how the TPP could spruce up the outlook for Canada’s forestry industry.
Britain: In or Out?
Britons are set to vote in next week’s referendum (June 23) on their country’s membership in the EU, For this week’s Editors’ Forum, we asked our NAOC Program Editors whether Britain should ‘leave’ or ‘remain.’
Trudeau’s Performance in the G7 Summit: Part II of Trudeau in Japan
Demyan Plakhov analyzes Trudeau’s performance in the G7 Summit.
The U.S. Presidential Race and the Future of the TPP in America
As the race for the US presidential election narrows down, all the major candidates have attacked the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Anthony Galea explores the future of the world’s largest free trade agreement in the US.
Do High Hostilities Mean Low Oil Prices
Michael Kang explores the political and economic dynamics of the complex diplomatic relation between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
End of the Schengen Agreement?: The Implications of Border Control on European Trade and Economy
Michael Kang looks at the possible trade implications that might result from increased border control within the Schengen Area amidst mounting political pressure to do so.










