Canadian Trade: Global, Local and Inter-Provincial Trade Barriers
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This is a 3 page paper discussing different perceptions and aspects of Canadian trade in regards to municipal, provincial and global levels. Canadian trade varies in regards to its acceptance, perception and policies on the municipal, provincial or global levels. Many World Trade Organization (WTO) Members find that certain restrictive policies and tariffs in Canada present barriers in some markets although the WTO has found that access to the Canadian market is “generally liberal” despite some protectionist measures within the country. Canadian businesses interested in inter-provincial trade have found that the inter-provincial barriers are often too costly and it is more cost efficient to promote trade markets within the U.S. than within Canada itself; barriers which trade boards and chambers of commerce should eliminate in order allow Canadian businesses to prosper within Canada. On the other hand, certain municipalities have found that trade policies related to the GATS agreement have “liberalized” services to such an extent that national and international businesses now challenge local businesses; businesses municipalities wish to shield. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TJCantr1.rtf

Capital Account Liberalization
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A 6 page paper examining to what extent capital account liberalization is in response to the collapse of the Bretton Woods system. The financial systems devised at Bretton Woods ended in 1971, and the current global account liberalization is seen as resulting in part from the collapse of the Bretton Woods accords in that it seeks to replace it with another rather than operate without one at all. The paper describes the Bretton Woods system as well as today's approaches to controlling capital movement. Bibliography lists 8 sources in 20 footnotes.
Filename: KSintlCapital.wps

Capital Flows into Developing Counties and International Financial and Monetary Systems
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This 4 page paper is written in 2 parts. The first part identifies the main institutional capital flows between countries and considers how these have changed over the last half a century in the context of developing countries. The second part of the paper looks at the differences in the international financial and monetary systems during the end of the 19th century, after the Second World War and after 1971.
Filename: TEcapflowdev.rtf