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Continental Drift. Financial Executives International May 8th 2001 Don McIver. @NA.COM. US Merchandise Trade C$b (sum of exports and imports of goods). Source: US Commerce Dept Statistics Canada. US Merchandise Trade C$b (sum of exports and imports of goods).
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Continental Drift Financial Executives International May 8th 2001 Don McIver
US Merchandise Trade C$b(sum of exports and imports of goods) Source: US Commerce Dept Statistics Canada.
US Merchandise Trade C$b(sum of exports and imports of goods) Source: US Commerce Dept Statistics Canada.
US Merchandise Trade C$b(sum of exports and imports of goods) Source: US Commerce Dept Statistics Canada.
Share of US Imports Mexico Canada
NA: Real GDP Growth(annual per cent change) Source: Consensus Economics.
NA: Real GDP Growth(annual per cent change) Source: Consensus Economics.
Shares of North American Exports US US 1990 70% 1999
High-Technology Exports(as percent Manufacturing Exports) Industry Canada
Mexican exports have diversified dramatically 1982 2000 Agricultural 2.5% Mining 0.3% Agricultural 5% Oil 9.8% Manufactures 25% Mining 3% Oil 67% Manufactures 87.2%
Where NAFTA Trades: W.Hemi W.Hemi 1999-Exports 1999-Imports
US Merchandise Exports:1998The Domination of MNCs US Commerce Department
US Merchandise Exports:1998The Domination of MNCs US Commerce Department
Regulatory Changes in 63 CountriesAttitude Towards Inbound Direct Investment:1999 Encouraging Discouraging UNCTAD
Intracompany Transferees: Canada to US thousand US INS/Industry Canada
Intracompany Transferees: Canada to USIndex 1989=100 US INS/Globerman
Truck/Bus Border Crossings(millions) Source: Consensus Economics.
In the future would you like to see Canada become... Ekos 1999
Is a merger with the United States... Ekos 1999, Macleans
The View from the Past 1990:% in favor of border elimination Ekos 1999
“Personally, I see no need to maintain customs and duties at the US border Ekos 1999
Common Currency 36%: Using a NA currency would provide significant economic advantages to Canadians 59%: Maintaining a Canadian dollar is essential to our economic sovereignty and national identity Ekos 1999
Hans Teitmeyer’s Parting Shot “Now the competition within Europe, among its neighbors, will become sharper and harder... There has to be competition between tax systems just as between social systems among nations. Welfare systems must be competitive…” August 1999
Hans Teitmeyer’s Parting Shot “The people on the street, of course, are not fully aware,'' ... ''No, not everyone understands this yet.'' August 1999
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. Arnold Toynbee
The Conference Board of Canada Information for Sound Decisions Since 1954