Sentences with phrase «of global import»

Because these judicial trends are of global import and are being resolved using similar legal approaches in various courts of law in Europe and North America, our aim in this article is to reflect broadly upon the worries that arise in these cases, specifically within their Canadian context but, also, as instances of a larger global privacy trend: a diminishing of informational privacy by way of said shrinking privacy expectations.

The top 20 milk - importing countries were expected to account for 33 percent of global imports by 2024, up from 27 percent last year.

Further, given that China's manufacturing sector supplies 12 percent of global imports, the worldwide economic consequences may be substantial.

Not exact matches

Exporting more of our disaffected young people and importing bright young foreign students will not immediately solve those problems, but the report suggests it might just help Canada's economy, and improve its global standing to boot.

And a healthy chunk of recent imports comprises tech and equipment upgrades that can help put our businesses in the global game.

The idea, says Torsten Kolind, a Start - Up Chile admissions officer and co-founder and CEO of San Francisco - based YouNoodle, a global network for entrepreneurs, is to import foreign entrepreneurs in the hope that they'll inspire homegrown ones.

The World Trade Organization cut its forecast for global trade growth this year by more than a third on Tuesday, reflecting a slowdown in China and falling levels of imports into the United States.

During the 2010 - 2014 period, Asia and Oceania was a big recipient of arms imports accounting for 48 % of global weapons purchases.

In an attempt to improve U.S. business competitiveness on the global stage, Trump has spoken of a 45 percent tariff on Chinese imports.

Since my last Sino - Saturday edition, much has happened on the trade front: Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs of as much as $ 60 billion on imports from China; China fired back with tariffs of $ 3 billion against imports from the US, a promise to challenge US penalties at the World Trade Organization and some tough language threatening more painful countermeasures to come; global markets took a nosedive.

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U.S. crude imports are at a 16 - year low, reconfiguring the map of global oil trade.

Next, look to the right of the graph, and what's happened since 2015 — global prices have come into much closer balance, with Japanese import prices recovering a bit recently but still sitting about $ 7 / GJ above Alberta and B.C. gas prices, which are at near - historic lows.

But the breadth of Trump's tariffs in March, which slapped global penalties on imports of common commodities, was severe enough to prompt the resignation of the president's top economic advisor, Gary Cohn.

He defended Trump's decision to set levies of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum, a move that rocked financial markets and which critics say threatens U.S. jobs and ignites the possibility of a global trade war.

May 2 - U.S. soybean sales to China ground to a halt after Beijing threatened tariffs on imports, the CEO of agricultural trader Bunge Ltd said on Wednesday, the latest sign of mounting trade tensions upsetting the global flow of commodities.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- President Donald Trump will announce tariffs on Chinese imports on Thursday, a White House official said, in a move aimed at curbing theft of U.S. technology and likely to trigger retaliation from Beijing and stoke fears of a global trade war.

The export bounce is, at face value, a sign that China's modest economic revival is intact and suggestive of global demand being on the mend, but imports were surprisingly weak, falling 15.2 percent from a year earlier to 13 - month lows and highlighting vulnerability lurking in the domestic economy.

The global steel industry is waiting to see what action the U.S. takes in terms of duties on imports after a report found some injury to its domestic market, but Kestenbaum said he was encouraged by language that suggests Canada is not a threat to the U.S. industry.

President Donald Trump is said to be considering imposing a global tariff of 24 percent on steel imports, but our Econometer panel has strong opinions on it.

WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Thursday that he would impose stiff tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, making good on a key campaign promise and rattling stock markets as the prospect of a global trade fight appeared imminent.

By imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing a 19th century strategy in the context of a 21st century global economy.

With his announcement last week of broad tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, President Trump launched what could be the first salvo of an all - out global trade war.

Primed for economic combat, President Donald Trump set in motion tariffs on as much as $ 60 billion in Chinese imports to the U.S. on Thursday and accused the Chinese of high - tech thievery, picking a fight that could push the global heavyweights into a...

By imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, President Donald Trump is proposing a 19th century strategy in the context of a 21st century global economy.

«The sharp decline in March export growth after very solid performance in January and February suggests some exporters may have front - loaded exports (early) this year due to concern over the possibility of a Sino-U.S. trade war after the U.S. hiked tariffs on global imports on solar panels and washing machines,» said Lisheng Wang, an economist at Nomura in Hong Kong.

Fears about a trade war between the world's two biggest economic powers emerged in March after Mr. Trump unveiled tariffs on global imports of aluminum and steel.

Throughout our history, we have successfully relied on our exports and imports, particularly during the vast expansion of global trade in the decades following the Second World War, to support our rising standard of living.

Asia, a major driver of global economic growth, is both a source of competitive imports but increasingly an important destination for exports for the Canadian economy, a growing market for resource - based commodities but also agri - food products, specialized manufactures, financial and other services and, potentially, energy.

If there is such a thing as a global engine of growth, in the latter case, it is the country that is able (or is forced) to import the most amount of capital and export the most amount of demand (i.e. run the largest trade deficit).

In a great deal of showmanship, he gave global markets exactly what they wanted and needed by promising to raise the country's limits on foreign investment and lower import duties on products such as cars.

Global imports of iron ore have risen by about two - thirds since 2000.

Europe's debt crisis has triggered fiscal tightening that economists fear will slow the region's economic growth, in turn slowing imports from Asia and other countries and subsequently the pace of global growth.

The market's losses were extended after China's state - run Global Times reported that Beijing would soon announce a list of retaliatory tariffs on United States imports, reigniting fears of a U.S. - China trade war.

The US oil - rig count plateaued near the highest level in three years and showed signs of declining in late March (to 797), though it still stood 50 rigs above the year - end 2017 total.2 This contributed to expectations for a further increase in American crude production, which has topped 10 mb / d each week since early February, when WTI prices began to recede from their intra-quarterly high of US$ 66.14 a barrel.3 The amount of crude in US storage occasionally exceeded weekly estimates given the higher domestic output and fluctuating net import figures, reigniting fears that US production may thwart OPEC's efforts to clear global oversupply.

Historically whenever global demand is weak, and unemployment high, countries will try to gain a larger share of that demand by reducing wages or otherwise taxing households to subsidize production (devaluing the currency is just a way to tax the consumption of imports and to subsidize exporters).

The U.S. Export - Import Bank (Ex-Im) is a vital federal agency that levels the global playing field by providing financing tools for buyers of American - made products when commercial financing is not available.

In recent weeks, the countries have threatened to impose import tariffs on one another, prompting fears of a trade war that could hurt the global economy.

In both cases, Trump acted under a provision of U.S. trade law authorizing global or «safeguard» tariffs, which had not been used since President George W. Bush levied tariffs on imported steel in 2002.

Tmall Global is gearing up with a slate of special offers for PRC residents on imported goods from seven countries including the U.S., U.K. and Germany.

In the 1930s, when global demand collapsed, countries fought for shares of a shrinking market by levying tariffs on imported goods.

The dispute has weighed on global financial markets amid concern it could spiral into a damaging round of retaliatory import controls by governments worldwide.

-LRB-...) «We have 600 jobs at our Iowa factory as a result of being able to import products, and we have American production sold into global markets,» Mr Andringa says.

While the auto and dairy industries» fear of cheaper import products and increased competition is understandable, the solution is not to close our doors to global trade and risk eroding Canada's position in the world economy.

But even though Trump attaches meaning to irrelevant metrics like bilateral trade deficits in a global economy, where two - thirds of trade flows are intermediate goods and only 3.6 % of the value of an Apple iPhone is Chinese (yet the entire $ 179 cost is chalked up as an import from China, exacerbating the bilateral deficit), the fact is that frictions in the relationship have been increasing since well before this president assumed office.

The White House is planning to make a major announcement Thursday about whether it will impose new limits on steel and aluminum imports, three people familiar with the event said, following months of speculation about whether President Donald Trump would follow through on trade threats and impose tariffs that could roil global markets.

Fears of a global trade war have risen after Trump imposed hefty import tariffs on steel and aluminum earlier this month under Section 232 of the 1962 U.S. Trade Expansion Act, which allows safeguards based on «national security».

Global events don't just impact the cost of imported wine or cars.

Ontario - headquartered ABcann Global Corp.'s wholly owned subsidiary, ABcann Australia Pty. Ltd., has received an import licence from the Federal Office of Drug Control in Australia.

This key employee is none other than Vice President Matt Card, who has been testifying in favor of strong trade action on global imports.