Canadian wholesale sales rose for a third month in June, exceeding economist forecasts on gains in building materials and farm supplies.
Sales climbed 0.6% to $53.0 billion, Statistics Canada said Wednesday...
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Russia seeks ways to soften import bans' impact
September 3, 2014
Russia will allow imports from neighbouring Belarus and Kazakhstan of food processed from Western raw materials, as Moscow seeks to damp down domestic food price rises triggered by its ban on food imports from the West.
China hopes WTO can 'resolve differences' and sign deal
September 3, 2014
China said on Monday it regretted World Trade Organisation members had failed to reach an agreement on simplifying global customs rules, a breakdown it said could damage multilateral trade.
NAFTA partners, Canada and Mexico, can’t agree
August 31, 2014
Canada and Mexico share the fortune, or misfortune, of a border with the world’s most powerful country, which looks down on both of them. For 20 years, as privileged trading partners of the United States, they have had the opportunity to influence it by creating a shared vision for North America. Instead the two have bickered like rivals in a tawdry menage a trois.
Canada-U.S. price gap measures coming in the fall
August 28, 2014
The federal government is poised to introduce legislation in the fall to try to narrow the consumer price gap between Canada and the U.S.
The proposal was a key part of the consumer-first agenda set out in the February budget, and was made in the face of warnings from industry groups that the idea was unworkable at best, and unenforceable at worst...