Key themes: National security, Economic security, Critical minerals, Supply chains, Critical mineral joint action plan, Indo-pacific strategy Canada recently ordered several Chinese companies to divest from Canadian critical
2021 was the “Year of the Crackdown” in China; the year was marked by a series of wide-ranging regulatory and economic reforms and crackdowns on Chinese industry, popular
Evergrande, China’s second-largest property developer, has been drawing a lot of attention in recent months as it sits on the verge of collapse, threatening to default on payments
The U.S.-China economic relationship under the Biden Administration, while lacking the bombast of President Trump, has been highlighted by a continued “get tough” approach. However, recent reports indicate
On May 13, 2021, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) reported that overall foreign direct investment (FDI) flowing into China grew by 38.6% (over the
The CIUA previously published an occasional paper analyzing the Investment Canada Act in December 2020. The paper outlined a series of China-related considerations relevant to the Standing Committee
On March 24, 2021, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, announced updates to the Guidelines on the National Security Review of Investments, which fall under section 38 of
The China Institute at the University of Alberta launched the China-Canada Investment Tracker as part of an ongoing project to study Chinese investments in Canada and around the world. As an alternative to Chinese and Canadian official foreign equity investment statistics, our dataset tracks investment transactions back to the ultimate Chinese parent companies
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