Canada’s trade minister is endorsing a European Union plan to prevent the Trump administration from paralyzing the World Trade Organization’s dispute-settlement body later this year. Continue reading
Despite few avenues for protection from the government, one former Canadian ambassador to Cuba says businesses there have tried to become “self-inoculated” from the lawsuit risk. Continue reading
The Trump administration has decided to allow lawsuits against foreign companies connected to properties seized from American firms during the Cuban revolution. Continue reading
Canada will appeal last week’s decision by the World Trade Organization (WTO) which ruled to allow the United States to use “zeroing” on Canada’s softwood lumber. Continue reading
A World Trade Organization ruling approved a long-outlawed U.S. trade policy on Tuesday, when a panel of adjudicators said Washington’s use of “zeroing” to calculate anti-dumping tariffs was permissible in the case of Canadian softwood lumber. Continue reading
The United States wants to put tariffs on $11.2 billion worth of EU goods — from airplanes to Gouda cheese to olives Continue reading
A report from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute highlights the ideological differences that could prevent Canada true free trade with China, and whether the canola trade dispute is a hint at what’s to come. Continue reading
The United States imposed the “Section 232” tariffs on steel and aluminum nearly a year ago to protect domestic producers on national security grounds. Continue reading
China, the European Union, Canada, Mexico, Norway, and Russia are escalating the trade dispute over steel and aluminum tariffs. Continue reading
Neither the U.S. nor China is part of the day-long meeting in the national capital on the future of the world’s trade referee. Continue reading