Canada and International Relations

The Canada and International Relations series explores issues in contemporary world politics and international affairs. The volumes cover a wide range of topics on Canada's external relations, particularly international trade and foreign economic policy.

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Canada-United States Trade in Forest Products

UBC Press

This book illuminates the major economic and political factors that have led to the development of a particular pattern of trade in forest products, and it examines and compares the legal structures within which this trade takes place.

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A Trading Nation

Canadian Trade Policy from Colonialism to Globalization

UBC Press

This brilliantly crafted overview and analysis of the historical foundations of modern Canadian trade policy is the first survey to address the history of Canadian commercial policy in over fifty years.

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Diplomatic Departures

The Conservative Era in Canadian Foreign Policy, 1984 - 93

UBC Press

The first major scholarly examination of the foreign policy of the Mulroney Conservative era, this collection analyzes free trade with the U.S., a continentalized energy policy, the transformation of peacekeeping into peacemaking, and other departures from traditional Canadian statecraft.

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Heavy Traffic

Deregulation, Trade, and Transformation in North American Trucking

UBC Press

Examines the way in which the regulatory reform of American and Canadian trucking, coupled with free trade, has internationalized this $1.4-billion-a-day industry.

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New Challenges for ASEAN

Emerging Policy Issues

Edited by Richard Stubbs
UBC Press

This book examines some of the most important policy issues confronting Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) governments.

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Discovering the Americas

The Evolution of Canadian Foreign Policy Towards Latin America

UBC Press

This timely book argues that changing hegemonic structures are significantly reshaping Canadian foreign policy in the Western hemisphere, where it has played only a minor role throughout the 20th century.

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Decision at Midnight

Inside the Canada-US Free-Trade Negotiations

UBC Press

This is the story of the 1988 Free Trade Agreement negotiations between Canada and the US, the preparations for and conduct of the negotiations, as well as the ideas and issues behind them.

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Asia-Pacific Diplomacy

Nongovernmental Organizations and International Relations

UBC Press

Asia-Pacific Diplomacy traces the evolution of the Pacific economic cooperation movement by examining the diplomatic contributions of three international nongovernmental organizations

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The Northwest Coast

British Navigation, Trade and Discoveries to 1812

UBC Press

This book documents Britain's rise to pre-eminence in Canada's Northwest Coast, showing the relentless activities of its commercial interests, the adroit use of its naval power, and the steely resolve of its diplomats.

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Canadian Foreign Policy and International Economic Regimes

UBC Press

This volume is an important and timely analysis of past and current Canadian policies toward both the formal and less formal arrangements which regulate such areas as international trade and financial transactions, international service industries, fisheries resources, and the environment.

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