canadian trade patterns/policy
Published on Dec 19, 2015
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no tangible items being exchanged
but money is still flowing - tougher to document/measure
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if canada ordered a bmw - easily tracked import
if i went to germany and purchased clothing harder to track
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volume and value of exports must equal imports
because one country's imports are by default another's export
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balance of merchandise trade
difference between value of import/export
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when exports are greater than imports
country is said to be in a good position
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won't always be in equilibrium however
most of the time canada does well for merchandise
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for non-merchandise... not so much
interest, divident payments to foreign investors - gap getting bigger
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most of our exports from?
Canadian Exports
Canadian Imports
industrial materials export
- fertilizer
- iron
- steel
- aluminum
- nickel
- copper
- other metals
energy
- natural gas
- petroleum
haters saying we should...
sell to world demand, semi-processed goods and buy them back when they are complete
domestic jobs are lost
mortgage our future - shouldn't use our finite resources like this
over the years
tariff have gone down significantly
general agreement on tariffs and trade (gaat)
international agreement to reduce trade barriers - helped out everyone
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