Trade
Business in Vancouver: Canada should turn to sector-specific deals with China in light of USMCA, report says
Business in Vancouver's Chuck Chiang writes about PPF latest report "Diversification Not Dependence: A Made-in-Canada China Strategy." The report says Canada should turn to sectoral agreements - that is, deals focusing on specific industries like agriculture and energy - in growing business links with China in light of the perceived “U.S. veto” clause in the new USMCA North American free-trade agreement.
Maclean’s Op-ed: How Canada can work on trade with China—without angering America
PPF's Edward Greenspon and the Vice-Chair of the BMO Financial Group Kevin Lynch share their opinion on Canada-China trade in this Maclean's op-ed. They discuss how the Canadian government must diversify its economy, and China is the obvious target. But that there are risks with such a partnership.
Diversification not Dependence: A Made-in-Canada China Strategy
Canada can truly diversify its trade and break its dependence on a single partner by pursuing a strategy built on sectoral trade agreements with China.
CBC: Canada can avoid offending U.S. by pursuing sectoral trade with China: report
Andy Blatchford writes that the authors of the PPF report "Diversification Not Dependence: A Made-in-Canada Strategy" argue that Canada can do more business with China 'in such a way that should not offend' the U.S. through a a surgical, sector-by-sector approach.
The Next-Level Border: Advancing Technology & Expanding Trade
This report summarizes what was heard at two roundtables on how to enhance the Canada-U.S. border with tech to facilitate trade.
We need a China strategy, so let’s get it right
In this Globe and Mail op-ed, our Forum on China co-chairs argue that with rules-based trade down South on the fritz, it really is time to look elsewhere and that includes China.
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Canada Growth Summit 3: Going the Distance
See Mark Carney's keynote, conversations with Katie Telford and Dominic Barton, and our panels on superclusters and the labour market.
Consultative Forum on China
This two-year initiative by the Public Policy Forum and its partners, started in 2017, provides fresh ideas to shape the future of Canada’s relationship with China, one that is acceptable to Canadians seeking to understand the potentials and pitfalls of greater engagement.
Canada-China Session 1: Setting the stage, public opinion trends, approaches to trade
Recap of the first meeting of PPF's Canada-China Forum includes presentations on public opinion by Bruce Anderson of Abacus Data and sectoral trade by Wendy Dobson of University of Toronto