Alberta's and Canada's China trade

Part 2 presents details of the products Alberta-based companies exported to greater China and addresses questions regarding the nature of the products to the three different destinations, as well the market share of the three destinations in Alberta’s total merchandise exports. [...] Among the challenges referred to by the study is the need to improve the clarity and predictability of the regulatory environment in both countries, including the passage of a Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement on which substantive negotiations have recently been concluded. [...] But this conclusion has to be tempered by the fact that large increases in the value of fuel exports from Alberta to the US may be the cause of the smaller share of exports going to Hong Kong and Taiwan. [...] Focus will logically shift to the composition and growth of Alberta’s exports to the greater China region in order to determine how and to what extent the province’s trade differs from the aggregate Canadian pattern. [...] To keep pace with the 10% real annual growth of the region, the observed 10% nominal growth of Alberta’s exports implies the assumption of a zero inflation rate for the products shipped from the province.