Trade Matters

By Export Development Canada

Your source of expert and timely insights on international trade from an economic and political lens.... more

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The podcast currently has 59 episodes available.

Trade Matters episodes:

February 01, 2024 Geopolitics, economy weigh on exporter confidence
According to our latest Trade Confidence Index (TCI), confidence fell across all regions of the country. While all components of the index dropped, domestic economic conditions and domestic sales posted the sharpest declines in our biannual survey.
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January 18, 2024 Global Economic Outlook: A slow-then-grow
In our latest Global Economic Outlook, we expect central banks to
cut rates, with a gaze firmly fixed on inflationary trends. The Bank of Canada, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and the European Central Bank will begin cutting this year, but it’ll take them well into 2025 to get policy rates to their neutral levels—the point at which rates neither help nor harm economic activity.
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January 08, 2024 What’s in store for ’24?
December is traditionally a time for forecasters to take stock of the year that was; celebrate the good calls, more commonly account for the bad ones and sharpen our focus on what it all means for the years ahead.
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November 30, 2023 Measuring geopolitical risk
Geopolitical uncertainty has always been a concern for
Canadian exporters doing business abroad. How can businesses measure and convert these risks into
costs that help better inform decision-making?
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November 16, 2023 Accelerating Canada’s cleantech innovation
Boosting Canadian competitiveness, promoting cleantech
entrepreneurship and supporting startups that are experimenting with nascent technologies is essential for Canada’s cleantech sector to be successful.
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November 02, 2023 ROK-steady
Despite a challenging year, the Indo-Pacific remains an important engine of global growth. There is one US$1.7 trillion economy that stands as a crucial foundation to the region’s economic architecture, and a key market for growing Canadian trade opportunities. Welcome to the Republic of Korea (ROK)!
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October 19, 2023 Goldilocks outlook: Not too hot, not too cold
The impacts of central bank rate increases are finally hitting home in a real way in North America, Europe, and across other major economies. Could the global economy grow by a not-too-hot-not-too-cold number?
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October 05, 2023 All eyes on Indonesia
Indonesia is already Canada’s largest ASEAN trading partner, with Canadian exports skyrocketing 45% last year. We have also recently opened a regional office in Jakarta. Regardless of the sector, the demand from Indonesia is here, for those Canadian companies willing and able to supply it.
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September 21, 2023 Reports of the U.S. dollar’s demise greatly exaggerated
Amidst all the geopolitical noise, the U.S. dollar still dominates foreign exchange trades, accounting for more than half of international payments and almost 85% of all trade finance transactions. Will Canadian exporters have to adapt if things change going forward?
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August 31, 2023 Bordering on decarbonization
Policy-makers in the European Union (EU) recently agreed to implement the world’s first carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), aimed at contributing to global decarbonization efforts. So, what does this mean for Canadian exporters?

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FAQs about Trade Matters:

How many episodes does Trade Matters have?

The podcast currently has 59 episodes available.