Surrey Board of Trade

From time to time we come across useful publications and links that can help you plan or execute international trade. We hope you find them useful.

Canadian Businesses Go Global for Growth
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has released its report: Canadian Businesses Go Global for Growth. It provides a wealth of information about how the global trading markets, including Canada's, are changing with the rise of stronger economies in developing nations. It's well worth a read.

International Interns
If you are seeking international interns for your business, contact AIESEC at www.aiesec.ca or Steven Vu at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Report
 Trade Variety and Productivity in Canada Bo Chen, School of International Business Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Research Reports Vol. II, No 1; February 2010.

The relationship between trade variety and productivity is one of the central interests in trade and development. Although the channel of how productivity affects trade variety was articulated centuries ago, the other direction, how trade variety affects productivity, is less well understood.

A standard monopolistic competition model (MC) in trade assumes goods are differentiable and varied. With this framework, economists are able to exposit how trade variety affects productivity from two effects: the input variety effect and the output variety effect.

Asia Pacific Initiative
The API was launched in 2007 to boost B.C.’s economy through strategic trade and investment with Asia. How are they doing? You can read their Annual Report for 2008-2009 right here.

Economic Edge ‘09
Some of Canada’s top opinion leaders and decision-makers from the private sector, government, and academia explore strategies to create a competitive advantage – for Canada and Canadian businesses.

 Asian News- regularly updated site with news from Asia

You can keep up-to-date with news from Asia through the Asia Pacific Foundation website. You can also see what Canada is doing to promote trade in the region. The Foundation has links and summaries of the latest news from a number of prominent Asian newsrooms. It's a great source of information if you are thinking about expanding your efforts in global trade.

Trade Resources

Evaluating a Foreign Supplier - courtesy of Export Development Canada