by Canadian Sailings | Feb 4, 2018 | Alan M. Field, Business and Economy, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Alan M. Field With the completion of the fourth round of talks to modernize the North American Free Association in late October, the governments of Canada, the United States and Mexico are hoping to finish the entire series of seven rounds by the end of 2017....
by CanadianSailings | Nov 29, 2016 | Alan M. Field, Business and Economy, Government and Regulation, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Alan M. Field Like peanut butter and jelly, countervailing duties and antidumping duties go hand-in-hand. Explains Susan Kohn Ross, a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, a Los Angeles international law firm. Dumping occurs when you are charging a lower...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 29, 2016 | Alan M. Field, Business and Economy, Government and Regulation, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Alan M. Field Late in October, Canada and the European Union signed their long-delayed Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA). Like the troubled 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, which was intended to bring together Canada, the U.S. and other...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 29, 2016 | Alan M. Field, Business and Economy, Government and Regulation, Other
By Alan M. Field Almost none of the leading U.S. political and economic pundits predicted the victory of Donald Trump in the presidential election on November 8. The same experts are now challenged with thinking long and hard about the impact of Trump’s victory on the...
by CanadianSailings | Sep 11, 2016 | Alan M. Field, Business and Economy, Government and Regulation, Other
By Alan M. Field What kinds of changes would an American Administration run by Hillary Clinton mean for Canada and Canadians? How might it differ – either positively or negatively – from a future Administration of Mr. Trump or from the ebbing Administration of...
by CanadianSailings | Sep 11, 2016 | Alan M. Field, Business and Economy, Gateways and Corridors, Government and Regulation, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Alan M. Field Although the American presidential election won’t take place until November, this much is clear: Almost nothing to date has gone according to the usual script. The victory of Donald J. Trump in the drawn-out primary elections for Republican...
