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Canada is an export nation and globalization is a common word in the business community with foreign trade responsible for about 45% of Canada’s GDP

By the time companies have selected the market they want to enter, as a first step they should have already assessed the demographics, geographic factors, economic picture and political climate

A backlash against rising inequality - evident from the Occupy movement to the Arab Spring - risks derailing the advance of globalization and represents a threat to economies worldwide, according to the World Economic Forum

Diversification is the best way to control losses, but it requires some planning. Here's where to start

Regulatory bodies that admit foreign lawyers to practice must protect consumers. In doing so, however, they should not create artificially high barriers to entry under the guise of 'public interest'

Risk management isn't just about anticipating the unexpected; it's about seeing beyond industrial frontiers to pre-empt what can be controlled.

Buying luxury brands is cheaper in the U.S. than in Asia. Surprised? Don't be - it's a key luxury-brand strategy.

TD's chief economist explains why an overwhelming focus on domestic commerce has made Canada's productivity levels lag in recent years.

The time to start building a management team that includes the diverse skills needed is several years before any expansion takes place

Deloitte Canada vice-chair Don Wilkinson contends that Canadian businesses may be waiting in vain for the global economy to return to its pre-recession stability and, therefore, must adjust their risk tolerance to the "new normal"

Comment: We live in largely peaceful times, with better access to medicine and education, thanks in part to capitalism. The world is easily in the best place it’s ever been

Between the impact a deeper crisis might have on publicly traded Canadian firms to the reverberating effects of resulting increases in natural gas prices, Canadian businesses have cause for concern

James W. Dean: Ukraine needs debt forgiveness, not more borrowing. Bribing Putin may also help

Andrew Coyne: Corporations have other options when it comes to funding investment than cracking open the piggybank. They can borrow, issue stock or sell fixed assets

Jeremy Warner: Tentative steps taken by China this week towards capital liberalization - allowing money to flow more freely in and out of China - are of potentially huge significance

Leaders agreed to oppose protectionism, with Chinese President Xi Jinping urging major economies to drive growth through innovation, not just fiscal and monetary measures

Why more than 700,000 Canadians should be watching the next Bank of Canada decision very closely. This story and more in your morning cheat sheet to the FP

She also stressed that governments must do more to help those who have been negatively impacted by globalization

While the political elite spent their time whining and dining over issues such as Brexit and Donald Trump, the corporate elite are figuring out how to profit

Encourages 'exclusivity' rather than looking at a global solution for the shift away from fossil fuels, he says

Eventually the real world will catch up with and demolish @realDonaldTrump and his barmy populist rants on the evils of free trade and globalization

The chart is making the rounds on Wall Street as strategists search for an economic rationalization of the British referendum vote

Canada's fiscal policy and economic reforms set a good example for other countries, the IMF's managing director Christine Lagarde said

Davos embodies a distinctly European”sensibility and Canadian governments love its multilateral vibe. But Donald Trump represents the pushback against much of what it has promoted

At the end of their terrible year, globalists clung to one small hope: maybe Theresa May and Donald Trump weren’t serious? Recent events have crushed those hopes

Jeremy Kronick: It is misleading to think of trade as something that must be balanced and is not where the real debate should focus

Philip Cross: The conservation of traditions and values plays a crucial role in building acceptance of change by reducing the fear that important elements of what makes a society unique will be lost