Canada's catch-22 : State of Canada-US relations in 2014

The main causal factors are the higher value of the Canadian dollar, the post-2008 slump in US demand, and a certain amount of diversification in Canada’s trade, as well as stronger relative growth in Canada’s domestic market. [...] The substantial appre- ciation of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar that began in the early 2000s has stabilized at a much higher average value of the loonie (figure 7). [...] In response to ARRA, Canada and the US signed the Canada-US Procurement Agreement in 2010, which allowed for the purchase of Canadian goods on seven U. S. infrastructure projects valued at more than $7,777,000 or within the 37 states subject to the WTO GPA (Government of Canada, 2013a). [...] The Canadian Government is in the process of strengthening the Copyright Act and implementing World Intellectual Property Organization Internet Treaties (Embassy of the United States, Ottawa, Canada, 2013). [...] We summarize the key points of progress made since 2011 in table 9. fraserinstitute.org % 22 / The state of Canada-US relations in 2014 Table 9: Key elements of Beyond the Border and Regulatory Cooperation Beyond the Border Program Integrated Cargo Security Strategy (ICSS), Reduces administrative duplication between Canada and the US by December 2011 addressing security risks in advance within the