Today’s inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States marks the official start to the business mogul’s venture into politics. The somewhat ominous prospects of Trump’s leadership have other states, Canada included, wondering what’s in store once the Republicans take the White House. We asked the Program Editors here at the Read More…
Megan Robinson examines how oil shapes international relations.
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…
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.
In Part II of this series, Sandy VIngoe offers rebuttals to some of the most commonly-leveled arguments posed against 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.
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.
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.’
Demyan Plakhov analyzes Trudeau’s performance in the G7 Summit.
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.