.Introduction
Approximately, $2 billion of trade is conducted between the two countries each day. The volume of trade between the two countries was about $658 billion dollars in 2014(U.S. Census Bureau
, 2015).Below is a graphic representation of the value of trade between the U.S and Canada for past 30 years.
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Source: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c1220.html According to the website of NAFTA, the trades between the two countries sees a significant increase with the signing of U.S Canada Free trade agreement (FTA) in 1988 which was followed by NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement).(NAFTA, 2012) This treaty resulted in elimination of tariffs and reduction of many non-tariff barriers of trade between the
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The rest of the report is organized as follows. The next section is a review of literature concerning the research topic, determining the measures taken by cross-border transportation carriers. Then we will define the methodology consists of the collection of data, the design of questionnaire and the selection of the interviewees. The following section consists of detailed analysis of the two trucking companies we interviewed and a comparison between them. The last section will wrap up all the findings and suggestions followed by the Appendix.
2.Literature Review One of the important study on cross border freight transportation was done by (Woudsma, 1999). The main purpose of this study was to understand the nature of cross-border market and to study the impacts of deregulation and Free trade agreements on the market. Before deregulation, the trucking companies from both countries didn’t compete with each other directly. They were engaging in inter-line agreements. In these agreements, a firm based in one nation would handle freight till the border crossing and hand over to another firm based in the other country to handle freight from there onwards. After deregulation, these firms could establish operations across the borders. Thus, both U.S and Canadian trucking firms were directly competing with each other for market share in both territories. Due to free trade agreements, the demand pattern had
Belgium is Canada’s 12th export destination with $873 million and is also the 19th country regarding imports with $776 million. Canadian exports to Belgium amounted to $2.3 billion in. The major entry point in trading goods between Canada and Europe is the Port of Antwerp.
How has international trade involving Canada changed over the 50 year period in the graph?
With trade increasing in Canada, on the one hand, it increases the demand for more people to do the work, which means that more people get a job and have more money to spend on goods that are imported from other countries. On the other hand, Canadian companies in different divisions from automotive, to energy, to agriculture(www.theglobeandmail.com) have to hire more people that are able to work because there are more products that should people to deal with between trade and with Canadian companies are becoming more profitable, it has more money to hire more people. For example, jobs are increased in the area of transportation in order to get the products to the stores. According to the fact, the agreement has helped produce over 1.8 million new jobs for Canadians at first 5 years of NAFTAs existence (www.nafta.ca). However, NAFTA makes huge damage for the Canadian automotive industry because with a stronger automotive union, every year will require higher wages, which slows process and makes it inflexible and expensive (www.international.gc.ca). Although NAFTA hurts the auto industry in Canada, it brings more benefits to Canada because it decrease the unemployment and improve the Canadian economy and condition of
The idea of trading first started long before the confederation of Canada was formed. French travelers known as the Voyageurs had been trading guns and furniture with the First Nations people for furs and fish. The French learned of First Nations people that had exceptional hunting and fishing skills, these people were known as the Coureurs de Bois. The french befriended the them and began to trade much more often with them. These trades caused the English to want to jump on trading and began to rival the French. The trades made by the English caused the creation the Hudson’s Bay Company for fur trade.
The Canadian fur trade played a key role in the development of Canada as a country in many ways, largely because of the growing need for furs by women overseas. The fur trade acted as the early foundation of the Canadian economy. The trade increased international trade and consequence acted as a driver of extending the exploration of the vast Canadian wilderness - much further than would otherwise have occurred. Concurrently, one of the more important outcomes of the fur trade was that it acted as the catalyst increasing the relationship between the European and First Nations People.
The Trans-Atlantic Trade has diversified the economy more in the North than in the South. While Southern farmers were able to acquire more lands and so more slaves; Northern farmers had to look for other opportunities. The economic development in the eighteenth century combined with the population growth changes the way people saw themselves, but also the way people understand the authority that surrounded them. Economic growth in America also led to the development of social life with the diversification of the society. While the market economy created those with wealth and those who seemed to be permanently poor, social hierarchy became challenged by the social stratification of the society. Blackburn, Robin (1997) highlights in his article
“By 1988 three-quarters of Canadian trade was already with the United States” (White 1994). By the time negotiations concerning NAFTA commenced in 1990, proponents of the aforementioned Free Trade Agreement (FTA) were witnessing some of the many beneficial effects that compelled them to lobby for such an agreement. The bilateral trade deal between Canada and United States, was the engine starter for much of the shared substantial economic growth that occurred between 1989 until 2002. Throughout this period of growth “Canadian exports to the United States rose by 221%” (Lessons From NAFTA). The sub sequential growth that was initially sparked by the FTA paved the way for NAFTA sympathizers and proponents as means to promote this unprecedented trilateral trade agreement.
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economy, following its cycles and trends since NAFTA agreement signed in 1994 by United States, Mexico and Canada as established a strong economical and political cooperation between these countries.
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Firstly, the North American Free Trade Agreement was beneficial to Canada because it strengthened its relationship with the United States. The historical relationship between the
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Canada is similar to the US in its market-oriented economic system, production, and standards of living. Canada’s economy grew steadily from 1993 through 2007; however, due to downturns in the global financial markets, Canada’s economy followed suit. By the end of 2008’s meltdown, Ottawa experienced its first financial deficit in twelve years. “Canada’s major banks, however, emerged from the financial crisis of 2008-09 among the strongest in the world, owing to the early intervention by the Bank of Canada and the financial sector’s tradition of conservation lending practices and strong capitalization” (CIA, 2015). Canada achieved some moderate growth in 2010-14 and plans to balance the budget by the end of 2015, despite the recent drop in oil prices. Previous growth in its dealings with the U.S. have made Canada the world’s fifth-largest oil
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