Donald Trump doesn’t liked to be reined in, which is why he has such a problem with trade deals like NAFTA.
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Part of the purpose of trade deals is to prevent politicians from inserting politics into matters of commerce. Donald Trump is bucking that trend. What does it mean for Canada and NAFTA?
A finished steel coil is marked with its information by a worker at a mill in Farrell, Pennsylvania.
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President Trump’s new tariffs suggest he doesn’t understand why American steel and aluminum have been hurt in the first place.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses a special ASEAN summit in Sydney.
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Past shared history and/or cultural, ethnical or religious homogeneity can no longer be the only determinants of the level of co-operation among nations.
Construction of new dwellings was up 3.1% in January 2018.
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The construction sector works on a bit of a time lag. So there are a bunch of projects underway that were premised on the loose credit of recent years.
Foreign goods wait to be unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles.
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A global trade war seems well underway as China and the US exchange targeted tariff attacks. An economist explains what they are, how they work and why they matter.
Former U.S. president Richard Nixon is seen here with Pierre Trudeau in Ottawa in 1972. Nixon was bitterly opposed to Canada’s Auto Pact moves 50 years ago, saying Canada had cheated at the expense of American jobs and investment. He refused calls to exempt Canada from an import surcharge.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has exempted Canada, for now, from hefty tariffs on steel. An increase in defence spending would likely stand Canada in greater stead with the president.
We benefit most when we focus on exporting the goods and services we are the most efficient at producing.
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Smaller businesses contribute a huge amount of Australia’s national output but a tiny proportion of our exports.
A welder fabricates a steel structure at an iron works facility in Ottawa on March 5, 2018. U.S.President Donald Trump’s stated intention to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports could start a trade war.
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Ottawa seems utterly unprepared for a trade war with the United States. The recent federal budget upholding equity values is noble, but won’t mean a thing if the government runs out of cash.
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A conciliatory tone from the prime minister but Boris Johnson and Michael Gove continue to cause problems.
There’s a reason investors don’t like trade wars.
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President Trump says ‘trade wars are good,’ but history tells a very different story.
China controls 50% of the global steel industry but doesn’t export much to America.
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China supplies just 2% of America’s steel, while Canada and Europe have sizeable shares and Australian steel producers depend on access to US markets.
Economic history suggests Trump’s ‘America First’ trade policies will put the U.S. last.
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The president’s tariffs on steel and China mirror the misguided trade policies that helped precipitate the Great Depression.
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Leaving the EU single market and customs union cannot be compensated for by free trade agreements with other countries.
Trump has made pushing protectionism since the campaign.
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The idea that the US is historically a free trading country is a myth. Here’s why that’s a good thing.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, right, and Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarrea, deliver statements to the media during the sixth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement in Montreal in January 2018.
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Donald Trump has described NAFTA as the worst trade deal ever signed by the United States. As NAFTA talks continue, here’s what Canada and Mexico can do if the unthinkable happens.
Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto.
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The North American Free Trade Agreement forced Mexico into a crisis that turned into an opportunity. Could the same happen again?
Don’t expect any trade deals soon.
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The UK’s best prospects for a favourable trade agreement with China are to be found by remaining within the EU.
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.
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Trump touted his administration’s economic successes and laid out his immigration plan in an 80-minute speech to Congress. Our experts weigh in.
China is increasingly viewed by the United States as a full-spectrum adversary.
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The contestation of Asia will continue this year, with many countries facing internal and external battles.
Now that panel costs in U.S. will go up, will reflectors make a comeback?
Joshua M. Pearce
Raising the cost of solar panels coming to the US could rekindle interest in a simple but potentially significant technology: solar reflectors.