China throws up barriers to international competition and assaults foreign investment.
tariffs
February 8, 2017
3:00AM
February 2, 2017
8:53AM
We may see the reintroduction of tariffs across a range of products traded between the U.S. and Canada.
January 27, 2017
12:35PM
Part of the reason for the Great Depression was the Smoot-Hawley tariff established in 1930.
January 26, 2017
8:21AM
For much of the post-World War II period, the U.S. auto industry had an effective oligopoly on U.S. sales—quality plummeted and prices soared.
January 16, 2017
1:09PM
Ironically, when it comes to imported goods, Trump’s concern seems to be that prices are too low.
November 10, 2016
7:58AM
Canada seemingly faces a U.S. administration that subscribes to a naïve mercantilism.
October 4, 2016
4:27AM
Approximately 20 per cent of Canada’s GDP comes from exports to the U.S.
October 3, 2016
3:30AM
Canada raised tariffs in the 1930s and sunk into the Great Depression.
April 13, 2016
3:00AM
Canada, heavily dependent on trade with the U.S., likely stands to lose if campaign hostility towards free trade becomes a reality.
March 11, 2016
10:03AM
In any U.S.-led tariff-driven trade war, Canada would be collateral damage.