Here is a brief look at merchandise trade for Canada.

1. MERCHANDISE
TRADE – CANADA –
DECEMBER 2019
Paul Young CPA, CGA
February 6, 2020

2. PAUL YOUNG
BIO
• CPA, CGA
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – FP&A
• SME – Business Transformation
• SME – AI and Data Sciences
• SME – Risk Analytics
• SME – Close, Consolidate and
Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• Academia: PF1, MS2, FN2 and FA4

3. AGENDA
• Exports / Summary
• Trade Balances / Summary
• Metal Trade Analysis
• Month over Month Analysis – Dec/19 vs Nov/19
• Trade balances (USA vs rest of the World)
• China Trade
• Summary

4. E X P O R T S
/
S U M M A R
Y

5. TRADE
BALANCES/SUMMARY
Source – Stats
Canada

6. METAL TRADE
ANALYSIS
Source – Stats Canada

7. M O N T H
O V E R
M O N T H
A N A L Y SIS

8. T R A D E
B A L A N C E S
( U S A V S
R E S T O F
T H E
W O R L D )

9. CHINA
TRADE

10. WHAT’S NEXT
Canada still has not benefited by trade deals with CETA or TPP or other
recent deals
Canada needs to focus on being more competitive
•Reducing red tape
•Tax reforms
•Scrapping carbon taxation
•Regulatory reforms (faster approval of natural resources projects)
•More emphasis on the skill trades
•More adoption of advance technology to support productivity improvements
Trade is still very soft due to many issues
•Global protectionism policies
•Lack of capacity to export goods (Pipelines, Ports, rail, etc.)
•Lack of integrated strategy to support key industries.

11. CONTACT
• For additional information then reach out to
paul_young_cga@Hotmail.com