Supply Chain Research

Prime Minister Trudeau will reportedly visit China in December with a view to starting negotiations towards a free trade deal. If successful that would be a result that President Trump did not achieve in his recent Asia trip. Such a deal would take years to complete though, not least because of complications with Canada’s CPTPP deal and China’s RCEP agreement. An FTA would be a welcome boon for Canadian exports to China, which have fallen 7% annually in the past year compared to three years ago. The decline has been due to the high proportion of commodities in its exports including canol...