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Budget Watch 2021: How Canada can budget for Buy America
Canadian business is understandably concerned about Buy America conditions on Biden’s US$2.3-trillion COVID recovery plan. But lobbying U.S. governments for waivers for Canadian suppliers can only get us so far. In addition, the Trudeau government should increase the pool of transit, water and green energy projects these firms can bid on—by attaching sustainable and social purchasing criteria to badly needed public infrastructure upgrades here in Canada.
Are multinational companies owed compensation for COVID-19 emergency measures?
In the context of COVID-19, state restrictions requiring businesses to close, price controls over health equipment, and emergency support programs could all give rise to costly investor–state dispute settlement suits.
US farm groups and unions ask Biden to end CUSMA attack on Canada’s supply management system
On February 1, American farm, labour and civil society organizations formally asked the Biden-Harris administration to withdraw the attack on Canada’s dairy sector initiated by…
Tripping over TRIPS
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An agenda for a progressive Canada-U.S. trade partnership
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COVID-19 drug and vaccine patents are putting profit before people
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Biden’s Buy American plans should inspire—not scare—Canada
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The Swiss origins of the U.S.–Canada aluminum fight
The aluminum spat between the United States and Canada, as urgent as it seemed a few weeks ago, will have faded from most people’s minds…
Multinational corporations already using new NAFTA to block action on plastics
The world is drowning in plastic. The sheer volume and variety of plastics on the market, and their persistence in nature, create significant risks for…
Canada must be tough on new U.S. aluminum tariffs
Photo by ccbarr, Flickr Creative Commons On August 6, a mere five weeks after the Canada–U.S.–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) entered into force, the Trump administration announced…
Getting a grip on essential medical supplies
A version of this blog was published as an op ed in the Toronto Star. Canadians won a reprieve when the Trump administration and 3M, a…
What’s next for the new NAFTA? And what, if anything, can Canadians do about it now?
Implementing legislation for the new Canada–U.S.–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) is now before the House of Commons. While the U.S. and Mexico have already ratified the deal,…
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