The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement was signed on 4 February 2016 and it is the first of the so-called ‘mega-regional’ free trade agreements (FTAs), a term which refers to deep integration between countries, or regions with a major share of world trade and foreign direct investment (FDI).
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement has been added to the WCO Comparative Study on Preferential Rules of Origin
July 26, 2016
Canada's Future Growth Zones
July 21, 2016
If the science of economics is truly dismal, then now must be its heyday. Six sub-standard post-recession years have birthed a glut of gloom. Few forecasters – in Canada or elsewhere – brave the high side, either run down by repeated retreats, or fearing the ‘heretic’ moniker. Now, there’s a close cluster around consensus, and a general acquiescence to ‘new-normal-nomics’.
Business Barometer: small business confidence hits highest mark in over a year
July 21, 2016
Canada’s small businesses grew a little more confident in June. CFIB's Business Barometer® Index rose almost two points to hit 60.0. This level is still low by historical standards, but it is the highest reading in just over a year.
Incorrect customs rulings cost federal treasury $500K
July 21, 2016
Erroneous rulings by Canada's customs officers have cost the federal treasury about half a million dollars.
The Trudeau cabinet recently authorized $495,000 in rebates already paid to five companies that imported jewelry into Canada between 2006 and 2012.
Canada set to sign trade deal, defence co-operation agreement with Ukraine
July 21, 2016
Canada is on the cusp of finalizing a defence co-operation agreement with Ukraine, and the country's ambassador tells CBC News he's hopeful the Trudeau government will soon allow Canadian companies to export weapons to the embattled nation...
The defence co-operation deal would allow for more direct Canadian military and defence industrial support for Ukraine.