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What USMCA means for Canadian businesses doing cross-border trade with the U.S.

  U.S. President Donald Trump has gotten his way. The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was put into effect as of July 1—the earliest date possible following the agreement’s ratification in April. Modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement (the USMCA’s predecessor) was a key part of Trump’s campaign in 2016 and the pressure was on […]

SNC-Lavalin and the sometimes murky ethics of doing business abroad

If the federal Liberals’ SNC-Lavalin scandal has taught us anything, it’s that doing business overseas—particularly in developing countries—isn’t always as simple and straightforward as it is in Canada. As you likely know, the SNC-Lavalin matter erupted into a national scandal when officials in the Prime Minister’s Office—and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau himself—were accused of pushing […]

Brexit causing headaches for many Canadian exporters

In about a month the United Kingdom could unceremoniously stumble its way out of the European Union—the patchwork of nation states that came together in the wake of the Second World War and gradually formed what was intended as a lasting political and economic federation unlike anything the world had ever seen. It would be […]