While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Philippe Rheault.
Canada’s aim to diversify and grow its exports will inevitably mean a significant focus on building deeper and more beneficial linkages with the Asia-Pacific. In this report, we show that Canada’s diversification challenge cannot be fully solved by merely substituting one large market with many small ones, nor by assuming that supply chains can quickly or easily be re-wired. To...
The United States and China are advancing the frontier of artificial intelligence (AI) at breakneck speed, racing to build systems whose consequences neither country is able to manage alone. Each new generation of models arrives before governments have fully understood the implications of the last, while policy makers and regulators struggle to keep pace. Given this backdrop, is there a...
Chinese import-side mirror data, which capture how China records imports from Canada, point to a larger Canadian-origin goods footprint — and a more complex bilateral trade relationship than headline export figures imply.
The completion of the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) pipeline in May 2024 has coincided with the beginning of a new era in global trade. Fueled by escalating US trade tensions and tariff policies that underscore Canada’s heavy dependence on a single market for its oil exports, TMX’s significance as a strategic gateway to the Asia-Pacific region is increasing, and China...
Completion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) project in May 2024 marked a transformative moment for Canada’s crude oil industry, increasing the amount of oil that can make it to tidewater, and unlocking significant new export opportunities. Contrary to many analysts’ expectations, early data indicates that a large amount of this new export capacity is finding its way not...
As Canada prepares to chair the upcoming CPTPP Commission meeting later this month in Vancouver against the backdrop of a deteriorating global trading order, the salience of the CPTPP as a modern and effective trading regime has never been greater. Among the items on the November meeting’s agenda is a key question: how should member states respond to China’s formal...
