Posted April 29, 2019
A deadly disease sweeping China’s hog barns has led to widespread culling across the nation that is shrinking global meat supplies and boosting prices for foreign exporters rushing to fill the supply gap. Continue Reading
Posted April 05, 2019
Spurred by tariffs and trade tensions, companies are beginning to shift their supply chains away from China, just as the White House had wanted, but most are turning to other countries with lower costs. Continue Reading
Posted March 01, 2019
As the risk of tariffs lingering into the future becomes clearer, more companies say they are taking steps to mitigate them and accepting ongoing trade conflict with China as a new fact of life. Continue Reading
Posted December 18, 2018
As China moves higher up the value chain, its manufacturing is becoming increasingly automated and its corporations are shifting more production offshore, just like the Americans did nearly 40 years ago. Continue Reading
Posted November 14, 2018
Meeting with business leaders on the margins of the ASEAN summit in Singapore, Trudeau pitched Canada as a stable, more favourable investment location for Asian companies than the United States. Continue Reading
Posted November 01, 2018
Less than two years after the U.S. withdrew from the landmark Pacific Rim trade deal, Canada and five of the remaining countries have now ratified it, enough to bring the revised TPP into force Dec. 30. Continue Reading
