Whither long-term Canada-U.S. natural gas trade? A view from the (modelling) trenches
Canada ; Demand ; Economic environment ; Export ; Importation ; International trade ; Model ; Natural gas ; North America ; Pricing ; Supply ; United States
The paper provides a modelling perspective on charting the course of future North American gas trade. The principal conclusion is that, due to major uncertainties arising from several sources, decision makers must exercise much caution when basing
their decisions or judgments on outcomes from long-term gas trade models.
International trade relations and regional industrial adjustment : the implications of the 1982-86 Canadian-US softwood lumber dispute for British Columbia
Special issue on industrial restructuring and continental trade blocs
British Columbia ; Canada ; Conflict ; Export ; Industry ; International trade ; Regional economy ; Resource management ; Wood industry
These implications are discussed within a progressively more focused series of trade-relations contexts based on principles of political economy, and represented by the concepts of complex interdependance, continentalism, and bargaining
Canada ; Frontier ; Geography of trade ; Germany ; International trade ; Internationalization ; Ireland ; Japan ; Latin America ; Location ; Protectionism ; Retail trade ; Seoul ; Shopping centre ; South Korea ; Southern Asia ; Trade ; United States
The hidden dimension : European mobile trade. Statistical estimates and an attempt to classify various forms of market halls, markets, fairs and mobile trade
European Union ; Fair ; Itinerant trade ; Periodic market ; Retail trade ; Sweden
Canada ; Caribbean ; Economic aid ; Economic cooperation ; International relations ; International trade ; Investment
The paper traces the historical development of these trading links from their 18th-century colonial roots through a series of formal bilateral agreements culminating in the one, known as CARIBCAN, ratified in 1986. The contemporary economic bases
of this relationship are tourism, investment and aid rather than merchandise trade.
China ; Development strategy ; Economic structure ; Factor of production ; International trade ; Model ; Regional development ; Regional economy ; Spatial economy
This paper puts into focus the regional implications of China's recent open-door policy. The empirical analysis employs a cross-sectional approach with 1986 data. The results suggest that foreign trade is more readily translated into economic
The limits to globalization : technology districts and international trade
Agglomeration ; Export ; Exporting industry ; Flexible production ; France ; Innovation ; International trade ; Italy ; Production system ; Specialization ; Technological innovation ; United States
The increasing export specialization of advanced industrial nations cannot be explained by comparative advantage, nor by the new trade theory based on economies of scale. It must be due to technological or « absolute » advantages on the part
Transportation costs in regional models of foreign trade : an application to Canada-U.S. trade
Canada ; Economic equilibrium ; Model ; Production ; Regional model ; Sensitivity analysis ; Spatial structure ; Tariff rate ; Trade;Commerce ; Transport cost ; United States ; Welfare
Market trade and women mongers in Stockholm 1540-1910
Eighteenth Century ; Food product ; Food trade ; Historical geography ; Nineteenth Century ; Periodic market ; Retail trade ; Seventeenth Century ; Shopping centre ; Sixteenth Century ; Stockholm ; Sweden ; Twentieth Century ; Woman
Trading places. Fashion, retailers and the changing geography of clothing production
. Therefore the structural changes in international trade are described and also the changes in the relations between retailers and manufacturers. Besides the A. discusses and analyses the firm strategies in the Netherlands (the Northern Part and Groningen
Europe 1992 and strategic change in the international automobile industry
Special issue on industrial restructuring and continental trade blocs
Car industry ; Competition ; EEC ; Economic environment ; Enterprise;Firm ; Europe ; Export ; Firm strategy ; Industry ; International trade ; Single European Market