Canada Business

Canada Business
Author: Janet Whittle
Publisher: World Trade Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781885073136

An enclyclopedic view of doing business with Canada. Contains the how-to, where-to and who-with information needed to operate internationally.

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Author: Leslie Alan Glick
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2020-10-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 940351485X

On July 1, 2020, after much expectation and delay, the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)—a greatly revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) of 1994—came into effect. This timely book by the author of the preeminent guide to NAFTA and an active participant and private sector advocate in the USMCA negotiation and legislative process provides a chapter-by-chapter analysis of the new agreement, clearly describing what has changed from the earlier agreement and what is new. After a concise but expertly calibrated summary of NAFTA, the author proceeds systematically through a practical analysis of each USMCA provision, emphasizing such crucial new elements as the following: new rules on intellectual property rights; stricter rules of origin within the automotive industry; major reforms in Mexican labor laws and their enforceability; opening of Canada’s agricultural and dairy sector to more U.S. competition; entirely new chapter on digital trade; new dispute mechanisms; requirement of an increased minimum wage in auto plants; and a new chapter on environmental standards. Changes in such important aspects of trade as textiles and apparel, ownership of hydrocarbons, cross-border trade in services, and anticorruption measures are also fully described. The USMCA is a response to a United States initiative to renegotiate NAFTA. As a key regional trade agreement with vast global ramifications, familiarity with its content and rules is essential for all business, legal, policymaking, and academic parties concerned with international trade. This useful practical guide will be a welcome addition to private and corporate libraries, including corporate counsel, customs brokers, freight forwarders, logistics and import-export managers, government officials, and academics who need a thorough understanding of the new agreement.

Aboriginal Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Canada

Aboriginal Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Canada
Author: Katherine Beaty Chiste
Publisher: Captus Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781895712674

Aboriginal communities have an increasing interest in small business. This book looks at the growing small business sector in aboriginal communities. Containing current information on special programs, this innovative text identifies small business opportunities and covers the financing and daily management of these enterprises. Aboriginal Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Canada is an invaluable book for potential aboriginal entrepreneurs, people who work in the community, and those interested in aboriginal studies.

Japanese Business in Canada

Japanese Business in Canada
Author: Richard W. Wright
Publisher: IRPP
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1984
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780886450052

From the back cover: Richard Wright's study chronicles and analyses the Japanese business presence in Canada. It reveals several distinguishing characteristics of Japanese investment, which should help allay some traditional Canadian concerns about foreign investment. Japanese investment is small in proportion to the total volume of Canada-Japan trade. Moreover, unlike other traditional foreign investors, who generally seek to gain direct control of affiliated companies in Canada, Japanese investors aim primarily to secure reliable flows of raw materials. Because the Japanese emphasis is on trade rather than on investment flows, a high proportion of Japanese investment is in the form of loans rather than equity, and the Japanese often take minority holdings or enter into joint ventures. The role of Japanese investment is thus a very different one from that which has been a source of concern about foreign ownership in Canada.