Better quality of life flows from trade competitiveness, combination of trade policy and transport infrastructure

Feb 25, 2020 at 08:44 AM CST
Canadians are in many ways blessed geographically—we share a continent with the world’s largest economy, the United States, and one of the more dynamic emerging economies of the world, Mexico. We have an Atlantic coastline facing the 500 million-plus rich consumers of Europe and a Pacific coastline, dotted with ports, facing the great continent of Eurasia with its nearly $5-billion consumers and encompassing the world’s second, third, and seventh-largest economies (China, Japan and India). We are literally surrounded by markets for our farm produce, our oil, gas, minerals, autos, forest products, and electronics and machinery.

Feb 25, 2020 at 08:44 AM CST

Canadians are in many ways blessed geographically—we share a continent with the world’s largest economy, the United States, and one of the more dynamic emerging economies of the world, Mexico. We have an Atlantic coastline facing the 500 million-plus rich consumers of Europe and a Pacific coastline, dotted with ports, facing the great continent of Eurasia with its nearly $5-billion consumers and encompassing the world’s second, third, and seventh-largest economies (China, Japan and India). We are literally surrounded by markets for our farm produce, our oil, gas, minerals, autos, forest products, and electronics and machinery.