World Trade - August 2008 - (Page 16) COVER STORY The Best Business Risks for International Commerce Editor’s Note: The following country risk assessments were excerpted from Coface’s Handbook of Country Risk 2008. Canada In 2007, the Canadian economy essentially averted the slowdown developing in the United States. Wage and job growth provided solid support for household consumpid i l i tion. Both residential and non-residential construction continued to trend up, representing 25 per cent of GDP growth. The Canadian dollar appreciation undercut, however, the increase in export revenues associated 16 WORLD TRADE AUGUST 2008 with the soaring prices for raw materials—oil, coking coal, electricity, grain and metals—and also undermined the prices and the volumes of traditional exports to the United States, which absorbs the highest proportion of them by far. The economy should remain relatively firm in 2008. Consumption will benefit again from a bright job picture, especially in the public sector, and from further reductions of direct and indirect taxes facilitated by the public sector financial surplus and continued debt reduction. Taking advantage of new, generally more favorable amortization rules, companies will increase their investments in commercial and office premises. Public institutions will maintain a high level of spending on infrastructure,
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of World Trade - August 2008 World Trade - August 2008 Contents Weathering the Storm Helping the World’s Poorest Nations Benefit from Global Trade Supply Chain Watch Tradewinds World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners LTL Shipping ‘On the Fly’ Air Cargo Flies a New Heading Getting More from China Sourcing Why 3PLs Need a Seat at the C-TPAT Table Performance-based Supply Chains Drive Total Lifecycle Value SmartWay Navigates Sustainable Transportation Around the World in 80 Days—Hours—Minutes World Trade - August 2008 World Trade - August 2008 - (Page Intro) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade - August 2008 (Page 1) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade - August 2008 (Page 2) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade - August 2008 (Page 3) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade - August 2008 (Page 4) World Trade - August 2008 - Contents (Page 5) World Trade - August 2008 - Contents (Page 6) World Trade - August 2008 - Weathering the Storm (Page 7) World Trade - August 2008 - Helping the World’s Poorest Nations Benefit from Global Trade (Page 8) World Trade - August 2008 - Helping the World’s Poorest Nations Benefit from Global Trade (Page 9) World Trade - August 2008 - Supply Chain Watch (Page 10) World Trade - August 2008 - Supply Chain Watch (Page 11) World Trade - August 2008 - Tradewinds (Page 12) World Trade - August 2008 - Tradewinds (Page 13) World Trade - August 2008 - Tradewinds (Page 14) World Trade - August 2008 - Tradewinds (Page 15) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 16) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 17) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 18) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 19) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 20) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 21) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 22) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 23) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 24) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 25) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 26) World Trade - August 2008 - World Trade’s Top U.S. Trading Partners (Page 27) World Trade - August 2008 - LTL Shipping ‘On the Fly’ (Page 28) World Trade - August 2008 - LTL Shipping ‘On the Fly’ (Page 29) World Trade - August 2008 - LTL Shipping ‘On the Fly’ (Page 30) World Trade - August 2008 - LTL Shipping ‘On the Fly’ (Page 31) World Trade - August 2008 - LTL Shipping ‘On the Fly’ (Page 32) World Trade - August 2008 - LTL Shipping ‘On the Fly’ (Page 33) World Trade - August 2008 - Air Cargo Flies a New Heading (Page 34) World Trade - August 2008 - Air Cargo Flies a New Heading (Page 35) World Trade - August 2008 - Air Cargo Flies a New Heading (Page 36) World Trade - August 2008 - Air Cargo Flies a New Heading (Page 37) World Trade - August 2008 - Getting More from China Sourcing (Page 38) World Trade - August 2008 - Getting More from China Sourcing (Page 39) World Trade - August 2008 - Getting More from China Sourcing (Page 40) World Trade - August 2008 - Getting More from China Sourcing (Page 41) World Trade - August 2008 - Getting More from China Sourcing (Page 42) World Trade - August 2008 - Getting More from China Sourcing (Page 43) World Trade - August 2008 - Why 3PLs Need a Seat at the C-TPAT Table (Page 44) World Trade - August 2008 - Why 3PLs Need a Seat at the C-TPAT Table (Page 45) World Trade - August 2008 - Why 3PLs Need a Seat at the C-TPAT Table (Page 46) World Trade - August 2008 - Why 3PLs Need a Seat at the C-TPAT Table (Page 47) World Trade - August 2008 - Performance-based Supply Chains Drive Total Lifecycle Value (Page 48) World Trade - August 2008 - Performance-based Supply Chains Drive Total Lifecycle Value (Page 49) World Trade - August 2008 - Performance-based Supply Chains Drive Total Lifecycle Value (Page 50) World Trade - August 2008 - SmartWay Navigates Sustainable Transportation (Page 51) World Trade - August 2008 - SmartWay Navigates Sustainable Transportation (Page 52) World Trade - August 2008 - SmartWay Navigates Sustainable Transportation (Page 53) World Trade - August 2008 - Around the World in 80 Days—Hours—Minutes (Page 54) World Trade - August 2008 - Around the World in 80 Days—Hours—Minutes (Page 55) World Trade - August 2008 - Around the World in 80 Days—Hours—Minutes (Page 56) World Trade - August 2008 - Around the World in 80 Days—Hours—Minutes (Page Map1) World Trade - August 2008 - Around the World in 80 Days—Hours—Minutes (Page Map2)
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