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EDITION 040: A deep dive on the impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s economy, China’s economy and what it means for trade between the two countries

China Brief | Edition 040
What Now? | Trade (Assistance) Diversification

Canada is not realizing the full benefit of new trade agreements because current mechanisms for providing export support services impose significant transaction costs that deter and thwart smaller exporters.

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Energy Innovation Brief | Issue 02

Each month, the Canada West Foundation’s Energy Innovation Brief will bring you snippets of interesting stories about technology innovations happening across the energy sector: in oil and gas, renewables, energy storage and transmission. Our focus will be on Western Canada, but we will also highlight what’s happening across the country and around the world.

Energy Innovation Brief | Issue 02
China Brief | China‘s relationship with Canada‘s West

EDITION 039: A revealing Global Affairs report about China, COVID-19’s impact on Canada-China trade and coming up on the one-year canola anniversary

China Brief | Edition 039
REPORT | More Than the Usual Suspects: Western Canadian export opportunities to Japan under the CPTPP

Canada’s advantage over the United States in Japan from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) lasted a whole 13 months. The CPTPP offered Canada significant opportunities to increase and diversify exports to Japan. However, those opportunities narrowed when the U.S. struck a partial trade agreement with Japan in October 2019. This is expected to erode advantages that Canada had briefly enjoyed over the U.S. in the Japanese market when the agreement came into effect January 2020. Canada needs to move more quickly.

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China Brief | Edition 040: A deep dive on the impact of COVID-19 on Canada's economy

China Brief | Edition 040: A deep dive on the impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s economy, China’s economy and what it means

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China Brief | Edition 040: A deep dive on the impact of COVID-19 on Canada's economy

China Brief | Edition 040: A deep dive on the impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s economy, China’s economy and what it means

Energy Innovation Brief | Issue 02

Energy Innovation Brief | Issue 02

What Now? | Trade (Assistance) Diversification

What Now? | Trade (Assistance) Diversification

China Brief | Edition 039

China Brief | Edition 039: A revealing Global Affairs report about China and COVID-19’s impact on Canada-China trade

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