Taiwan is seeking to participate, in due course, in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. This will most likely involve Taiwan's accession to a "done deal", and thus the negotiation of its accession with each incumbent participant. This study evaluates the implications of Taiwan's accession...

Although Canada has been building its economic relationship with China, its approach has been inconsistent, even as China is aggressively securing partnerships with other western countries. Canada risks being left out of China’s economic growth plans, to the detriment of Canadian manufacturers...

In late 2011, Canada indicated it wanted to join negotiations underway among nine countries towards a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on trade. It is important for Canada to be at the table in these talks, which currently involve economies comprising 28 percent of world GDP. There...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement currently under negotiation will secure a trade alliance between Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam. These countries have a combined economy (GDP)...

Canada is in the midst of negotiations over the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union, and the multi-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). A key issue to be settled in these negotiations is intellectual property (IP) protection for pharmaceutical...

This paper attempts to address a number of questions about the dialogue between the public and private sector in the creation of Canadian trade policy.Abstract: El presente documento pretende abordar una serie de preguntas sobre el diálogo entre los sectores público y privado en relación con...

Esta publicación constituye un informe de los resultados del proyecto sobre la formulación de políticas de comercio en ocho países del Hemisferio Occidental, realizado en forma conjunta por el INTAL e ITD del BID, el Munk Centre for International Studies de la Universidad de Toronto y el...

The issue of brain drain as a result of south-north migration has been a preoccupation for developing countries around the world and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states in particular. In recent years, the debate has moved beyond brain drain to speculate on the development prospects of brain...

This paper attempts to address a number of questions about the dialogue between the public and private sector in the creation of Canadian trade policy.