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Podcast: What lies ahead for Canada after Round 4 of NAFTA negotiations?

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Ending NAFTA would hurt Alberta more than any other province, but it could hurt USA more When the Canada-US free trade agreement was negotiated almost 30 years ago, many Canadians worried that deepening our country’s economic relationship with the world’s largest economy might make us too vulnerable to the vagaries of American politics. With the […]

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Consequences of Trump disruption becoming clearer as NAFTA talks set to begin

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Canada exported $62.3 billion of oil/gas in 2016, just behind vehicles at $64.3 billion By Glen Hodgson, senior fellow, Conference Board of Canada Donald Trump’s election agenda promised to challenge the existing U.S. political and economic order – that’s what his populist political base voted for. But while Mr. Trump promised to make America great again,

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Trump sanctions on Venezuela could be boon for Alberta oil sands producers

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Pipelines are full, which would mean more oil-by-rail to US Gulf Coast refineries Global heavy crude oil markets are already tight because of OPEC cutbacks and potential sanctions against Venezuela by the United States could make them even tighter, opening new market opportunities for Alberta oil sands producers with refiners in the Gulf Coast region.

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Trump “energy dominance” goal just more empty political rhetoric, not policy

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Way to decrease global economic power of OPEC is investment in clean technologies By Maximilian Auffhammer Energy dominance. A nice sounding slogan and empty policy goal. A reporter recently called me and asked me what I thought of the term “energy dominance”, which had been recently introduced by President Trump and his cabinet. I had

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US news brief July 7: Trump urges eastern Europe to buy US natural gas

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Interior speeds up permitting on federal lands, Texas wants federal regulations handed to States, Enbridge suspends New England gas pipeline Trump urges eastern Europe to by US natural gas, loosen energy ties with Russia Bloomberg – President Donald Trump encouraged eastern European leaders worried about their dependence on Russian energy to buy U.S. gas instead. “If

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Outgoing US regulator says ‘bring on more renewables,’ as grid study looms

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US regulator Colette Honorable sees no problem with renewables’ reliability Colette Honorable, a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said at a conference on Tuesday that renewables do not make the US electricity grid less stable. Honorable made the comments prior to the release of a study by the Trump administration that examined if

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Canadian loathing of Donald Trump pumps up support for Paris Climate Accord

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Pipelines for greenhouse gas emission reductions – the new Canadian social contract shaping energy policy, politics A new public opinion poll shows that 84 per cent of Canadians think President Donald Trump made a mistake exiting the Paris Climate Accord, and the same percentage want Canada to remain committed to the international agreement to fight climate

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Don’t believe Tillerson claims US can meet climate targets without regulation

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Natural gas prices are up, prompting coal resurgence, and renewables only slowly gaining market foothold Rex Tillerson is defending President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, arguing that American greenhouse gas emissions will continue to drop without more federal regulations. But that argument only holds if natural gas remains cheaper than

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