Canada today: an exporting country in a trade-compromised world

For all the effort towards building new overseas trade relationships, the prospects for an outward-focused nation like Canada—where exports account for 34 per cent of GDP—are, at best, uncertain.

International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu. The reordering of Canadian export options is taking place in a world of increasing anti-globalization, splintering trade frameworks, and deteriorating supply chains, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

July 9, 2025

OTTAWA—Back in the 1970s, Canadian trade officials in embassies all over Europe were coaching business people from Canada on how to expand sales on the continent, offering substantial federal government financial incentives along the way.The market was there, the p...

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