Year: 2023

China-Us: relations back on course, through main differences remain

SAN FRANCISCO – While relations between Justin Trudeau’s Canada and China have hit rock bottom, Joe Biden’s United States is trying to reconnect. And the four hours of talks between the American president and the Chinese president Xi Jinping seem to work: agreements on several fronts, openings on some “hot” topics, handshakes and even the sending of some Pandas to the USA, “envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples”, as the Chinese leader defined them.

CORRIERE CANADESE / Due canadesi su tre si dicono insoddisfatti di Justin Trudeau

TORONTO – Il livello di consenso nei confronti di Justin Trudeau ha toccato il punto più basso degli ultimi otto anni. Ai sondaggi che danno il Partito Liberale ormai fuori dai giochi per le elezioni del 2025 si è aggiunta ieri un’ulteriore indagine demoscopica, realizzata dalla Leger, che mette in luce come l’elettorato canadese voglia davvero cambiare pagina e porre fine all’era Trudeau… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Economists: “We are moving towards an interest rate cut”

TORONTO – For the first time in a long time, economists expect the Bank of Canada to begin cutting interest rates in mid-2024 to avoid a deep recession. Last month, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem reiterated what he said when rate hikes began in March 2022, that the central bank would lower the lending rate once inflation had reached 2%. “We don’t need to wait until we get back to 2%,” Macklem then told the parliamentary finance committee on October 30. “We have to wait until we are clearly on the path to 2%”.