Research

The International Trade and Investment Centre publishes evidence-based, accessible and timely reports on key global trade and investment issues. The analysis draws out implications and options for business and government decision-makers, to strengthen the performance of Canadian organizations within the global economy.

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Trade and Investment Policy

• Facing Up to the United States’ Economic Challenges / Comment s’attaquer aux grands problèmes économiques des États-Unis, July 2011, Kip Beckman and Glen Hodgson
• Canada’s Trade in a Digital World/ Canada’s Trade in a Digital World—Condensé, April 2011, Danielle Goldfarb
• Reading the Tea leaves: The 112th Congress and Canada-U.S. Trade, February 2011, Marc Busch
• Direct Investment Abroad: A Strategic Tool for Canada, January 2011, Danielle Goldfarb
• Best Policy Practices for Promoting Inward and Outward Foreign Direct Investment,/ Pratiques stratégiques exemplaires pour la promotion de l’investissement direct étranger entrant et sortant, October 2010, Steven Globerman and Victor Zitian Chen
• Some Plain Talk About Canada's International Trade / Un regard franc sur le commerce extérieur au Canada, June 2010, Anne Park Shannon
• The Financial Crisis, Regulatory Reform, and International Corodination: What Remains to Be Done, May 2010, Paul R. Masson, John Pattison
• Re-energizing Canada's International Trade: Strategies for Post-Recession Success / Redynamiser le commerce extérieur au Canada: Stratégies pour réussir la reprise (CanCompete), 2010

Tracking Global Value Chains and Regional Value Chains

• Adding Value to Trade Measures: An Introduction to Value-Added Trade, 2011, Maxim Armstrong
• Canada's "Missing" Trade with the European Union/ Le commerce <manquant> du Canada avec l'Union européenne, 2010, Danielle Goldfarb and Louis Theriault

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Barriers to Trade and Investment

• Valuing Headquarters: Analysis of the Role, Value, and Benefit of Headquarters in Global Value Chains / Les sièges sociaux Leur rôle, leur valeur et leur atout dans les chaînes de valeur mondiales, July 2011, Michael Grant
• Regulatory Cooperation: A Practical Action Plan, January 2011, Kathleen Macmillan
• Learning to Live with a Strong Canadian Dollar: Four Options for Business and Government / Apprendre à composer avec un dollar canadien fort : Quatre options pour les entreprises et les gouvernements, 2010, Glen Hodgson
• Dollar Volatility: Who Should Care? / Volatilité du dollar: Qui devrait s’en préoccuper?, 2010, Louis Thériault, Valérie Poulin  

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Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

• Building International Sales in a Digitized Economy: Best Practices for SMEs/ Comment augmenter ses ventes internationales dans l’économie numérisée? Pratiques exemplaires pour les PME, June 2011, Becky Reuber and Eileen Fischer (CanCompete project)

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Environment, Trade and Investment

• Global Climate-Friendly Trade: Canada's Chance to Clean Up / Commerce mondial de produits et services respectueux du climat : une occasion pour le Canada de redéfinir ses priorités, 2010, Danielle Goldfarb
• Freight Trucks and Climate Change Policy: Mitigating CO2 Emissions,  2010, Stephen Blank
• Getting the Balance Right: The Oil Sands, Exporting and Sustainability / Trouver le juste milieu: Les sables bitumineux, l’exportation et la durabilité, 2010, Len Coad, Glen Hodgson

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Presentations

• Louis Theriault, presentation and round table discussion as part of a seminar series on global value chains organized by the Nova Scotia Department of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism, “Nova Scotia’s ‘Missing’ Trade with the World”, Halifax, May 17 and 18, 2011
• Danielle Goldfarb, Presentation to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, February 18, 2011 on Trading Digitally and Other Emerging Trade Trends
• Louis Theriault, presentation to a conference organized jointly by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue, at Carleton University on “Canada’s ‘Missing’ Trade with the European Union”, Ottawa, October 28, 2011
• Glen Hodgson, Presentation to the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, November 4, 2010 on Global and Canadian Trade in 2020
• Glen Hodgson, Presentation to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada on “Global and Canadian Trade”, October 5, 2010.
• Danielle Goldfarb, Presentation to the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, October 5, 2010 on “Canada’s ‘Missing’ Trade with the European Union”
• Trends in International Trade,  Danielle Goldfarb, August 2010, Presentation to Organization of Women in International Trade
• Global 'Climate-Friendly' Trade, Danielle Goldfarb, February, 2010
• Les sables bitumineux, l'exportation et la durabilité,  Louis Thériault, February 12, 2010, Journée d'économie appliquée ASDEQ-CIRPEE-GREEN
• Danielle Goldfarb presented at the event by the Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the U.S., Fulbright Canada, January 14, 2010

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