Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in February 2017

In the first two weeks of the new Trump Administration, all international traders want to talk about, and with good reason, is where does the new President really stand on trade? On the one hand, he has taken advantage of trading opportunities to generate profits

Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in January 2017

The Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on January 5, 2017 was an opportunity to learn what the intelligence community determined regarding cyber-attacks related to the 2016 Presidential election.  For those of us having to deal with the potential consequences to our businesses, it was the

Canada-US FlagsOn November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States.  What does this mean for Canadian businesses in terms of trade?

  1. President-elect Trump has said he is opposed to the TransPacific Partnership Agreement (“TPP”).  It is highly unlikely that TPP will be ratified.  Canada will have to negotiate strategic bilateral free trade

As the Presidential election cycle comes to a close, and that cannot happen soon enough, the question we are all faced with is do we support Hillary or Donald? Yes, there are third party candidates running, but none of them has a serious chance at being elected, and voting for one of them hands the

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Canada-US FlagsTonight is the first U.S. Presidential Debate.  Every 4 years, Canadian bureaucrats and those interested in politics watch the debates looking for clues as to what good and bad may be coming.  I thought it would be useful to make a list, from the perspective of a Canadian trade lawyer, of what Canadians should