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  • Canada’s 2020 Panda Return Is Red Flag For San Francisco Zoo

    Canada’s 2020 Panda Return Is Red Flag For San Francisco Zoo

    And more recently Finland’s Panda Return is a Red Flag for San Francisco Zoo’s $70 Million USD/ $94.3 Million CAD Panda Gamble Currently, there are no giant pandas here in Canada but Canada has “hosted” giant pandas on several occasions, including a long-term loan agreement that began in 2014. Those giant pandas spent five years at…

  • Rethinking Canada Tariffs On China EVs

    Rethinking Canada Tariffs On China EVs

    Via friends at C.D. Howe Institute. A version of this memo first appeared in the Financial Post. To: Canadian trade watchers From: Ari Van Assche Date:  August, 2024Re: Canada’s Electric Vehicle De-Risking Trilemma  With the recent wrap-up of Ottawa’s month-long public consultation on levying tariffs on electrical vehicles (EVs) made in China, let’s paraphrase a story Nobel Prize-winner Paul Krugman once used to explain the often…