Sentences with phrase «of trade»

Additionally, Ethan Harris, chief US economist at Bank of America Merril Lynch, noted a BAT may not even decrease the size of the trade imbalance.

The threat of a trade war between the U.S. and China grew more pronounced last week and there could be a winner from the fallout if tensions escalate, says one strategist.

An increase in the terms of trade increases our buying power even if export quantities stay the same — and a decrease in Canada's terms of trade reduces our purchasing power (see the fall in GDI).

While some of the rhetoric around trade tariffs on China has died down over the last couple of weeks, the prospect of a trade war has not.

We should look at the beneficial side of trade and strengthen open investment, says Takehiko Nakao, president of the Asian Development Bank.

The next day, Anne Kline, Director General of the Trade Programs Directorate would write:

The stock market was slammed on Thursday and Friday on fears of a trade war.

One problem is that to import tariff - free under a trade deal, companies must be able to prove that the product meets the country - of - origin requirements of the trade deal.

U.S. technology firms would be caught in the crossfire of a trade war, darkening the outlook for a crucial sector already under attack for accelerating the dissemination of «fake news» and failing to safeguard users» personal data.

For Canada, a fall in resource prices reduces our terms of trade: the ratio of export prices to import prices.

There were 38,000 workers in solar manufacturing in the U.S. at the end of 2016, according to SEIA, adding that all but 2,000 made something other than cells and panels, the subject of the trade case.

At the time of the filing, nearly 40 percent of its trade base had stopped shipments.

«They are a profit - and margin - generating machine,» says Harry Schuhmacher, editor of trade publication Beer Business Daily.

A faction of Canadians opposing CETA argues the real risks of the trade agreement lie within Canada's borders.

It has signed an unprecedented number of trade agreements and launched new comprehensive free trade discussions with Europe and Asia that could upset important domestic constituencies in agriculture and government services.

In the history of American business and entrepreneurship, lots of success has come from others making similar types of trade - offs.

Make sure whatever help or advice you give is within the legal and ethical boundaries of the trade.

Iain Black, president and CEO, Vancouver Board of Trade This budget reflects the type of long - term thinking that needs to be shown in a global context of the need for more free trade, particularly with Asia, South America and Europe.

The National Association of Manufacturers, for example, raves about the economic benefits of trade liberalization on its website.

By way of one of his executive orders from last week, Trump has called on the U.S. Department of Commerce to assemble a report on the root causes of the trade imbalance.

A report by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) stated that 81 percent of trade show attendees surveyed said they had buying authority; to capitalize on this opportunity yourself, you'll want to invest heavily in early outreach.

Trade has grown sharply between the three nations who are parties to NAFTA but that increase of trade activity has resulted in rising trade deficits for the U.S. with both Canada and Mexico -; the U.S. imports more from Mexico and Canada than it exports to these trading partners.

The problem with this interpretation of trade deals, however, is that there isn't much evidence that it's accurate.

As for bilateral trade with the U.S., Canadian companies would struggle to pivot towards new international markets outside the U.S. where they continue to face the same fundamental challenges — lack of capital to expand into global markets, a fear of the unknown, lack of contacts and local insights, and finally a lack of coordination, duplication and overlap of trade and investment services.

With Trump appearing to crack open the door to diplomacy with North Korea — something that China has long urged — he may have a better chance of securing further promises to intensify economic pressure on North Korea, which relies on Beijing for more than 90 % of its trade.

«Then China could very well set the terms of trade.»

The move prompted HP to launch a lawsuit over concerns about the protection of its trade secrets.

The incumbent party tends to win counties with more highly skilled service sector jobs, not the type that are typically lost to trade, and lose counties in which there is a high concentration of trade sensitive low - skilled manufacturing.

Hillary Clinton — who once lauded the deal as the «gold standard» of trade agreements — has spent months trying to convince nervous progressives that she has no intention of supporting the 14 - nation pact once she gets in office.

«I don't think we've previously at the [China Development Forum] felt like we were on the brink of a trade war,» he told CNBC.

More than 400 paid to hear Dix speak to the Vancouver Board of Trade in mid-September.

President Donald Trump and his advisors were loud in their threats of a trade war with China but the Shanghai Index charts shows China is shrugging off this rhetoric.

«If a business eliminates pollution controls in the workplace, you [may] have an increase in industrial accidents,» says Robert Scott, the director of trade and manufacturing policy research at the left - leaning Economic Policy Institute.

Much organized opposition to NAFTA centered on the fear that the abolishment of trade barriers would spur U.S. firms to pack up and move to Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor.

One of the trade bills, the Trans - Pacific Partnership, could also give businesses access to more than 40 percent of consumer markets globally, by some estimates.

Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson have made plenty of trade - offs in their marriages.

In a June report, Washington think tank C4ADS said the firm was part of an interconnected network of Chinese companies that account for a vast share of trade with North Korea.

Israeli technology company Weebit - Nano failed to excite investors on its ASX debut, with its shares lower at the close of trade.

It lost over 11 % of its trade - weighted value in the four months that followed, forcing up the price of imports.

«Buying the yen because of a trade war in which Japan was going to be hit pretty badly, and Japan hasn't been exempted from the steel tariffs by the way, that seems to me pretty peculiar,» Giles Keating, managing director at wealth manager Werthstein Institute, told CNBC.

«The biggest single concern is that the U.K. would not be able to replicate the kinds of trade deals it currently enjoys with third parties,» said Geoffrey Heal, a professor of social enterprise at Columbia Business School.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada and China had launched exploratory talks towards the possible negotiation of a trade deal during Li's visit to Ottawa in September.

In a speech on Wednesday to the Toronto Board of Trade, his first address as CBA honcho, Campbell said he looks «forward to working with Mr. Layton, working with his caucus and working with all political parties to ensure Canada's banks stay the strongest in the world.»

Throughout his public life, he's demonstrated an ability to collaborate and build consensus when needed, from the creation of a unified Conservative party to the long list of trade agreements signed during his time as prime minister.

In Uber's situation, chat logs that could help get to the bottom of the trade secrets case are now inaccessible.

«Even if it's not part of a trade agreement, you're going to see the Chinese wanting those restrictions relaxed,» says Ron MacIntosh, a senior fellow with the China Institute at the University of Alberta.

«Australia has successfully completed a trade deal that has eliminated 95 % of trade tariffs between the two countries,» Lindsay said.

Perth - based biotech company ResApp Health had a steady first day of trade on the ASX today, after being acquired by Narhex Life Sciences in an $ 11 million backdoor listing.

Find out if the organizer of your trade show makes the list of pre-registered attendees available to exhibitors.

In contrast, at a trade event, you might invite key influencers in your industry, such as industry analysts or editors of trade publications.