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Canadian Trade Policy at a Critical Crossroad
Stephen TappResearch Director,
IRPP
Ari Van AsscheAssociate Professor,
HÉC Montreal
Robert WolfeProfessor,
Queen's University
CSLS Invited SeminarMay 29, 2017
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Keep a long-run perspective
The elephant in the room
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Keep a long-run perspective
The elephant in the room
medium-term
empirical
analytical
international
interdisciplinary
Our approach to see the forest for the trees
• forward-looking, medium-term
• empirical
• analytical
• international
• interdisciplinary
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1. Resource reallocation within industries is a key driver of trade and productivity.
2. SMEs face long-standing challenges but have new opportunities.
3. Production processes are fragmented, collaborative and global.
4. Foreign affiliates and services are strong enablers of international commerce.
5. Emerging markets are now key players in production, trade and investment.
6. Global output and trade growth has slowed.
7. Anti-trade sentiment and economic anxiety have risen.
8. Trade talks are largely stalled.
New Global Trade Realities
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Many anxieties…trade deals a target
automation
precarious work
inequality
immigration
globalizationtechnological change
“middle class” struggles
trade
winner-take-most markets
lax corporate governance
offshoring
rent-seeking reduced worker bargaining power
secular stagnation
trade deals
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Editors’ overarching recommendation
Develop more inclusive trade policy
Inclusive growth
Inclusive trade
education
competition innovationtaxation
labour
infrastructure
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What’s “new” in new, new trade?
Firm-level differences
– size
–productivity
Key mechanisms
–Reallocation within industries
–New (“extensive” margin) trade
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Only the most productive firms can jump over the fixed cost hurdle of exporting
(baseline Melitz model)
ExportersNon-exporters
Productivity
Profits
Don’t produce
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Share of Canada’s goods exports(2015, percent of total)
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Trade share and productivity, 1970-2015
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Change in trade status and productivity gaps among manufacturing firms, 2002-06
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Trade liberalization reallocates resources towards more productive firms
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How the Canada-US FTA raisedour manufacturing productivity
(Mechanisms’ estimated contributions to total)
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How the Canada-Chile FTAincreased our exports
(Mechanisms’ estimated contributions to total)
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Firm-level insights
• More productive firms trade…
…and trade makes firms more productive.
• Trade liberalization raises productivity by creating new opportunities abroad…and increasing competitive pressure at home, which shifts resources between firms.
• Consider distributional impacts.
• Reduce fixed trade costs.
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Policy pillar: Facilitate resource reallocation
1. Put resources to their best uses
2. Protect workers, not jobs
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Global value chain production
Sourcing of Boeing 787 parts
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Real export growth(2000-15, average annual percent change)
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Shares of US merchandise imports, 1987-2016(percent of total)
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Share of foreign value added ingross exports, 1995 and 2011
(percent of total)
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EDC’s integrative trade approach
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Canada’s outward FDI, foreign affiliate sales and exports
(2004-13, cumulative nominal percent change)
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(2014, billions of dollars)Canadian exports and foreign affiliate sales
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Canada’s share of services, by activity(percent of total)
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Canada’s dependence on the US
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48
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Exports Foreign affiliate sales Outward FDI
(2013, percent of total)
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GVC insights
• Local linkages embedded in larger networks.
• Competition between value chains, not only firms.
• Connectedness is key to our productivity.
• Strength in partnerships.
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Policy pillar: Promote international connectivity
1. Liberalize exports and imports
2. Facilitate the transmission of goods, capital and information at, and behind, the border
3. Relax rules of origin
4. Protect outward FDI; relax inbound restrictions in “networked” services sectors
5. Help companies identify/connect to strong GVCs
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Previous proliferation of regional trade agreements…
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…but many talks now are stalled.
Trade deal Status
CETA proceeding
TPP, TiSA, TTIP on hold
WTO (Doha) on life support
NAFTA in waiting
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NAFTA is front of mind…
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…shouldn’t obscure the EU’s importance
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…or overlook where trade growth is fastest
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…the value in trade with dvlpg countries
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…or the potential residual value of TPP
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Policy pillar: Work with other countries
1. Think and act multilaterally first
2. Maintain preferential North American market access
3. Ensure CETA’s smooth implementation
4. Pay special attention to Asia: engage China, but be cautious of further bilaterals
5. Make trade and dvlpt mutually supportive
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1. Support SMEs
2. Apply a gender lens to trade
3. Enhance public engagement
4. Study trade’s distributional impacts
5. Ensure trade is sustainable
Policy pillar: More inclusive trade policy
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Canada needs a trade policy agenda that:
• is more inclusive
• facilitates resource reallocation
• promotes international connectivity
• builds a better global trading system.
Conclusion
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• Support SMEs
• Apply a gender lens to trade
• Enhance public engagement
• Study trade's distributional impacts
• Ensure trade is sustainable
Develop more inclusive trade policy
• Project workers not jobs
Facilitate resource reallocation
• Make Canada a more desirable place to perform high-value-added tasks
Promote international connectivity
• Multilateral first
• Maintain preferential North American market access
• Ensure CETA’s smooth implementation
• Pay special attention to Asia, but proceed cautiously on further bilaterals
• Make trade and development policy mutually supportive
Work with other countries
Our Policy Priorities