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Ever since Canada got serious about seeking membership in the TPP, the spectre of eliminating supply-managed dairy has haunted the process. Domestically, the government has maintained a sharply diffuse position of defending supply management at the same time as it is putting everything on the table for consideration (National Post, 15/11/2011). Now that it has [...]
The members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership have just concluded a round of trade negotiations in Auckland, New Zealand. The group comprises 11 countries—Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam—and represents a market of nearly 658 million people with a combined GDP of $20.7 trillion. This is also [...]
Canada and Mexico officially joined the TPP negotiations on October 9. The other members are Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam. What are the TPP negotiations covering? What do they mean for our existing FTAs with Mexico, Peru and Chile? Is there a link with the Pacific Alliance process? [...]
Having received the blessing of US Congress on October 9th, Canada will take its seat at the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiating table in New Zealand on December 3rd for the 15th round of negotiations towards what is being dubbed a “next generation 21st century trade agreement”. Some progress has been made in areas such as market [...]
There is no shortage of controversy on the subject of Canada’s investment relationship with China – particularly in the energy sector. Dawson Strategic landed in this issue last summer with “Potash and Blackberries,” a paper written for MLI on Canada’s foreign investment review process. The paper argues that Canada’s foreign investment review process is adequate – we [...]
The Canada-U.S. Regulatory Cooperation Council and Beyond the Border initiatives are nearing the end of their first year of bilateral meetings and stakeholder outreach.On December 12, Christopher Sands and I will meet at the Wilson Center in Washington to discuss the progress in the first year and to introduce our new paper “A Safe and [...]
No one can argue that international trade consulting opens doors to a lot of travel — sometimes nearby, sometimes halfway around the world. In October 2012, we spent three days in Buffalo, NY attending the Ontario Motor Coach Association Annual Meeting, working with members of our US-Canada Motor Coach Coalition on ways to make the [...]
Since Dawson Strategic is active in both US and Canadian policy issues, we could not help but be caught up in the drama and speculation leading up to the US presidential elections. Laura honed her punditry skills as a recurring election panelist on CTV’s Powerplay. Host Don Martin and various US panellists were a lot [...]
Canada applies different tariff rates to costumes. “Articles of fancy dress” (for example, those used as theatrical costumes) are subject to tariffs of almost 20 percent, while “festive, carnival or other entertainment articles” are imported tariff-free. Our best advice? Avoid the confusion, and stick to the cardboard Halloween costumes.
Canada is a nation rich in energy resources. Oil, natural gas, hydro, uranium, coal, wind – Canada has abundant supplies of renewable and non-renewable resources. We are the largest foreign supplier of oil to the United States and the world’s third largest natural gas producer and exporter. But the game is changing: shrinking US demand [...]
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