This article examines the case for Canadian trade bilateralism through the lens of the resource curse. As a favoured federal policy option for economic diversification, Canada's bilateral trade agreements have underperformed even as energy exports continue to rise. Given Canada's structural...

This paper examines the case of Canadian trade bilateralism through the lens of the resource curse. As a favored federal policy option for economic diversification, Canada's bilateral trade agreements have underperformed even as energy exports continued to rise. Given Canada's structural...

To what extent are there trade impediments to the transfer and adoption of environmental goods and services? How can these be addressed by global trade negotiations? What is the role of complementary measures in order to ensure "win-win" benefits -- that is promoting both environmental...

This paper examines the Right to Development (RtD) in the context of the ongoing negotiations to finalize Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) that African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are signing with the European Union (EU). These EPAs are being negotiated within the Cotonou...

Conventional wisdom -- but not empirical research -- maintains that strong intellectual property (“IP”) rights trigger not only foreign direct investment, but also local innovation. Thus investors seek, and developing countries compete to offer, the highest levels of IP protections. But...