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AGOA Forum Provides Growth and Opportunity for Nations and Industry

Between July 24–26, trade ministers, members of the diplomatic corps and other stakeholders came to Washington, D.C., for the annual African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum. This year’s forum, “Beyond 2025:...more

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Chinese Premier's Australia Visit – Key Takeaways for Business

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In June 2024, China's premier Li Qiang (the head of government and the second most senior Chinese government official) visited Australia, marking the first time in seven years that a Chinese premier has visited the country....more

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J.S. HELD India Bulletin - Investing in India: Business Opportunities on the Rise

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India is the future right now. Welcome to the J.S. Held India Bulletin Series. These bulletins will serve as an update on the Indian economic growth story. In this first edition we will attempt to focus on the...more

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United States Seeks Enhanced Trade Ties with Africa

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The US-Africa Leaders Summit took place from December 13-15, 2022 in Washington DC, and featured top-level government-to-government talks, private sector engagements, and resulted in a number of trade-related outcomes...more

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Bennett Jones Fall 2022 Economic Outlook: Managing Risks and Taking Action

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Renowned U.S. economist Larry Summers said last October that “we’ve got the most complex, disparate, and cross-cutting set of challenges that I think I can remember in the 40 years I’ve been following this stuff.” This...more

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Six Trends Impacting Global Businesses in the Carolinas

​​​​​​​Global businesses are increasingly focused on environmental, social, and governance concerns. Working from home is impacting corporate relocations and economic development strategy more broadly....more

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Bennett Jones Spring 2022 Economic Outlook: Planning in an Uncertain, Supply-Constrained World

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We present this Bennett Jones Spring 2022 Economic Outlook in a period of great uncertainty. A war in Europe and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to exerting a devastating human toll, have reverberated through the...more

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Bennett Jones Fall 2021 Economic Outlook

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The Canadian economy is entering 2022 with solid progress in recovering from the pandemic. In September, employment returned to its pre-COVID level. GDP should recover its losses before the end of 2021. In the Bennett...more

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Bennett Jones Spring 2021 Economic Outlook: Beyond COVID

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While economic recovery from the pandemic to date, internationally and in Canada, has been uneven and bumpy, a large share of output and jobs have been regained, and the prospects for advanced economies are strong....more

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Nota Bene Episode 109: Asia Q1 Check In: China’s Emergence as the Number One World Economy and New Hegemonic Role in Asia with...

The relationship between the U.S. and China has deteriorated over the last four years. Barely missing a beat from the coronavirus pandemic, China is the only major world economy to post positive growth during the pandemic...more

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Nota Bene Episode 105: Asia Q4 Check In: Asia Continues Marching Forward Post-Pandemic with Paul Kim

Our Asian markets expert, Paul Kim, joins the conversation with updates on the recovery efforts post-pandemic in Asia. We further explore China’s rise as a dominant figure in the world economy, the impact of the U.S.-China...more

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Bennett Jones Spring 2020 Economic Outlook

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The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the most severe economic shock since the Great Depression. Despite massive intervention by central banks and governments, real output in the advanced economies likely fell in mere weeks by...more

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UK FCA publishes annual Sector Views report

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Sector Views, its annual report examining how each financial sector is performing....more

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Bennett Jones Fall 2019 Economic Outlook

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This is a special edition of the twice-yearly Bennett Jones Economic Outlook. In it, as always, we review the global economic and trade context and the short-term outlook for global and Canadian growth. In addition, we...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.4.2019 | Top Story: Markets Watching US Jobs Report for Clues on More Fed Rate Action

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Jobs report Friday again. Here’s what to look for in the numbers [and let’s temper those expectations, okay?]...more

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Bennett Jones Spring 2019 Economic Outlook

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After a strong performance in 2017 and the first half of 2018, the global economy slowed markedly and is projected to grow at a more moderate but also more sustainable annual rate of 3.3% from 2019 to 2021. In Section I, we...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.13.2019 | Top Story: Uber Shares Diving

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True, the economic headwinds weren’t its fault, but boy—not a banner debut for Uber after years of speculation and waiting....more

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Skadden's 2019 Insights: US Capital Markets Face Uncertainty Entering 2019, With Volatility Likely to Continue

Performance in the U.S. capital markets was mixed in 2018, with the equity new issuance market showing strength through most of the year and the debt issuance markets softening. The initial public offering (IPO) market had...more

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44 African Countries Sign Agreement to Establish African Continental Free Trade Area

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The Situation: African leaders gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, in March 2018 to sign the draft Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area ("CFTA") and other related protocols. Forty-four of the 55 Member...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The latest from the Redstone/CBS dispute, with news late yesterday that even as Shari Redstone is “moving to block CBS Corp.’s efforts to strip her family of voting control”, a Delaware judge has temporarily blocked her from...more

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Africa Stand Up Vision 2025: Strengthening supply chains – the key challenge for Africa

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If Africa wants to change how it trades with the rest of the world, it needs to start by rethinking how it trades with itself. Without urgent improvement, Africa risks remaining a supplier of solely primary materials to which...more

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Bennett Jones Fall 2016 Economic Outlook

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This Fall Outlook has four sections. The first section describes the main aspects of the "new normal" of low growth that has prevailed for advanced economies in the last six years of economic recovery. The second section...more

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The Future of the U.S.-Canada Trade Relationship in Light of the Election

The United States and Canada enjoy a unique bilateral relationship. That relationship reflects a unique friendship, underpinned by shared geography, similar values, common interests, deep connections and powerful,...more

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Bennett Jones Fall 2015 Economic Outlook

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This fall Outlook has three sections. The first section sets out our view of the economic outlook commencing with a very short summary of recent world economy dynamics, followed by a review of the outlook for global growth...more

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Obama Administration Further Eases Restrictions to Aid Implementation of Cuba Policy

On Monday, September 21, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) implemented amendments to the Cuban...more

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