Evan Dyer
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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A battle over aid in Venezuela
Both sides in the confrontation between Venezuela’s socialist government, led by Nicolas Maduro, and the opposition led by Juan Guaido know that today — Saturday, Feb. 23 — could be the one that decides who rules Venezuela. → Read More
G20 shows steady rise of Chinese clout and fraying U.S. ties in Latin America
While the U.S. framed its bilateral talks with Argentina at the G20 summit as producing a "shared commitment" against challenges like "predatory Chinese economic activity," the South American country is actually forging deeper ties with China. → Read More
Trudeau, Trump and Pena Nieto sign USMCA
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the USMCA, the replacement for NAFTA, in person Friday alongside U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. CBC News is carrying the event live. → Read More
Russia's high seas stunt off Ukraine is ramping up tensions at the G20
Once, G20 summits were dry affairs, where leaders tried to generate excitement around consensus initiatives couched in terms designed to offend no one and commit to nothing. No longer. → Read More
Canada joins multilateral move to take Venezuelan government to International Criminal Court
Canada will join five South American nations in signing a formal request for the International Criminal Court to investigate the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro. → Read More
Why some Venezuelans fear Maduro is selling them out to China
Venezuela wants to borrow money from China to help with its economic and political crisis. But China has a pattern of predatory lending, demanding ports, natural resource concessions and other sacrifices of sovereignty from debtor nations. Is the Maduro regime about to give away the farm to ensure its own survival? → Read More
Why Canada and Mexico don't see eye to eye on NAFTA dispute settlement
Both Canada and Mexico want to retain a dispute settlement mechanism in NAFTA. They just don't agree on which mechanism is most worth saving. → Read More
Did Mexico throw Canada under the NAFTA bus?
At the end of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's social media video touting the free trade breakthrough between the U.S. and Mexico, he held up three fingers saying what Mexico really wants is a deal "between Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, in which we all win." → Read More
What's on Canada's agenda at the G7
Canada has five themes, or 'pillars', for the G7: trade and prosperity, environment and oceans, the changing nature of work, women's empowerment, and international peace and security. But it will be hard to get agreement on all of them - or even to keep the conversation focused on those topics. → Read More
Canadian aluminum shows its mettle in face of Trump's tariff
Tariffs notwithstanding, the U.S. will remain totally dependent on Canadian aluminum, which accounts for half of all aluminum used in U.S. manufacturing. U.S. producers are in no position to displace Canadian producers, even at maximum capacity. They are also far less efficient. → Read More
When alphas collide: how Trudeau and Macron handle Trump's displays of dominance
It was clear, watching both Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron shake hands for the first time with Donald Trump, that each had prepared for the moment. → Read More
Trudeau finds his business voice on foreign trip that leaves opposition with little to criticize
The Official Opposition barely mentioned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's foreign travel this week. Instead, Conservatives mostly used their question period time to rehash the PM's excursion to India two months ago, and the unforced errors that plagued it. → Read More
After a sunny Summit of the Americas, Trudeau arrives home to face warring premiers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's first foreign trip since his gaffe-plagued visit to India proved to be free of incident as he met with regional leaders, was lauded by the U.S. for Canada's support of the airstrikes on Syria and received hints a NAFTA deal may come sooner rather than later. → Read More
The NAFTA numbers game: why trade deficit figures seldom agree
The reason why different agencies arrive at different numbers for the U.S.-Canada balance of trade is that the two countries count things differently, and the calculations are truly complicated. But some have sought to twist the numbers completely out of shape in an effort to undermine NAFTA. → Read More
Mexico's election poses a growing threat to NAFTA's survival
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador appears very likely to be Mexico's next president - and he has a track record of being anti-free trade. The Mexican and U.S. governments are now conceding that the real timeline for ending NAFTA talks is April. After that point, the Mexican election will make it impossible. → Read More
Gang murders bucking trend toward a less violent Canada, summit told
Long-term, Canada is becoming a less violent society. But one subset of killings is stubbornly bucking the trend, delegates heard today at a national summit on gun violence hosted by the federal government: gun homicides involving members and associates of criminal gangs. → Read More
Trial of alleged ISIS recruiter Peshdary delayed indefinitely
The Awso Peshdary trial was scheduled to begin today with jury selection. But the judge agreed to an indefinite postponement after the defence argued that last-minute disclosure of evidence made it impossible to start on time. Prosecutors also had to drop their insistence on a jury trial; the case will now proceed with a judge only hearing the evidence. → Read More
What really happened on Trudeau's India trip: Trade concerns overshadowed by wardrobe choices, extremism talk
Had Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's trip to India begun with a bilateral summit with the Indian prime minister and ended with a family visit to the Taj Mahal, instead of the other way around, it might have avoided most of the issues that arose. → Read More
Trudeau's India mission mixes global business with local politics
Two-way trade between Canada and India amounts to only about $8 billion annually — a number Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hopes to improve with an official visit that begins this weekend. He has multiple meetings planned with Indian CEOs and business leaders over the coming days. → Read More
Canada set to open free trade talks with South American bloc
Barring last-minute obstacles, Canadian negotiators plan to meet their Mercosur counterparts for talks in Asuncion, Paraguay, one day after trade minister Francois-Philippe Champagne signs the CPTPP in Santiago de Chile. → Read More