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Canada and Indonesia Seal Landmark Free Trade Agreement

This is Beirut, 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Indonesia Canada Free trade

Canada has signed a bilateral free trade agreement with Indonesia, which aims to eliminate or reduce tariffs on over 95 percent of Ottawa's exports to its largest market in Southeast Asia. Several experts told AFP the strategic agreement is being made in the context of global economic turmoil, exacerbated by the protectionist policies of the ...

Is a Trade Deficit Really That Terrifying?

Mario Chartouni, 07/04 21:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Economy free trade Commerce Deficit

If there is one thing on which the vast majority of serious economists agree, whether they lean politically left or right, it is that free trade and commerce are beneficial to a nation. Yet, this truth is being contested today. Trade deficits are generating a lot of ink in the media, and they are being used to justify counterproductive policies. ...

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