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Sri Lanka: gems, designer labels and famous tea

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Sri Lanka date back to the 1950s. From its inception, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has been a development

Tanzania: trade and tourism are on the rise

I am grateful for this opportunity to comment on the main aspects of relations between Canada and Tanzania, and I will touch on three: trade,

Romania: fine wine and renewable energy

The embassy of Romania in Ottawa pursues two complementary trade objectives. The first is to stimulate bilateral dialogue to increase trade and identify new niches

Norway’s oil explorers move to the High North

The strong Norwegian interest in global energy affairs stems from the fact that Norway is a major energy nation. With just five million people, our

Playing defence: hockey as a fundraiser

A hockey tradition, now three years old, started as a way for military attachés to get together with their colleagues from National Defence in a

$25 buys water for an African child’s lifetime

Worldwide, 443 million school days are lost each year due to preventable water- and sanitation- related diseases. The lack of clean drinking water and basic

Final withholding tax in Switzerland

Switzerland has recently signed tax treaties — introducing something called “the final withholding tax” — with the United Kingdom and Germany. These treaties have aroused

Life after the International Criminal Court

Canadian lawyer and diplomat Philippe Kirsch was the first president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and served as a judge on the court from

U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper converse at the G20 Summit in Cannes, France, in November.

The high price of global retrenchment

Our globalized world is unraveling. This is not the end of globalization, but it is something we have seen before. It is called retrenchment. It