International Trade committee  It's been my pleasure.

International Trade committee  I don't know the answers to these questions, but I think that the issue that Mr. Gupta raised, about the capital deficits of companies that could be exporting but don't have the capital to do it because of this hole, really needs to be investigated. Why aren't Canadian financial

International Trade committee  There is some evidence that heads of state visits can sell things like Boeing, Bombardier, and Airbus. That can work when the heads of state show up and Bill Clinton can get the United Arab Emirates to buy an extra 747, but I don't think that should be the priority for Canada. I

International Trade committee  We didn't look at trade missions mission by mission. We looked at the 17 visits as an ensemble, estimating the average effect of those missions. And the average effect was zero. If you start going country by country, the trade is just so volatile, it's just bouncing around, and i

International Trade committee  Yes. I like the idea of the quiet Canadian who's behind the scenes telling the people who are really in a position to make big purchases from Canadian companies, that maybe they've overlooked Canadian companies they should be talking to, that have products they're not aware of. T

International Trade committee  It's a really interesting issue, products interfacing with countries. If you look at trade patterns, Canada is almost two countries on this issue. You have Ontario and Quebec being manufacturing-oriented but also being very U.S.-oriented. On the flip side, once you go west, we're

International Trade committee  I wanted to start by giving some background on what I see as the main goal of policies like the global markets action plan, and then talk briefly about the research I did on previous policies that pursue the same goals. Then finally I'll talk about what we can learn from those, a

International Trade committee  Ever since I've been doing this, there's been this overriding concern in Canada to diversify trade away from the United States. I think that some of that has to do with what happened in the 1990s. In 1990, Canada exported about three-quarters of its goods to the U.S., but by 1999

International Trade committee  Hi. I'm very happy to be here, and thank you for inviting me. How much time do I have?