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Newsprint from Quebec paper mills begins
its journey to the printing presses of the
free world. Over half a billion dollars worth
of newsprint paper alone was exported from
Canada in 1951.
Papier-journal qui, depuis les papeteries du
Québec, sera expédié aux presses du monde
libre. Nos exportations de papier-journal
ont atteint l’année dernière une valeur de
plus d’un demi-milliard de dollars.
Canada in the World of Trade
One of North America’s most unusual—and most successful—international
events is the annual Canadian International Trade Fair, which will be held
this month for the fifth year in Toronto, Ontario. Such fairs are no novelty in
Europe, where for centuries they have been of vital importance to the business
world. But in North America they are still innovations, although the usefulness
demonstrated by the CITF since its inauguration in 1948 indicates that it is
likely to become established as one of the world’s most important trade fairs.
Begun with the aim of increasing commerce between Canada and other
countries, it is rapidly becoming a market-place where businessmen from
Argentina to Pakistan can familiarize themselves with the products of nearly
every major trading country in the world.
Canada’s interest in encouraging international trade springs from a very
practical and compelling consideration: Canada has always been heavily
dependent on trade for her prosperity. To demonstrate, from a gross national
product of about $21 billions in 1951, Canada exchanged approximately $4
billions worth, or almost 20% of her own produce, for the commodities of other
lands. Although the products of agriculture and other extractive industries
remain the hard core of Canadian exports, Canadian manufacturers are pro-
ducing a growing variety of goods both for home consumption and for export.
In return, Canada needs to import a wide range of products, from heavy
machinery to copra, coffee, and vegetable oils.
Canadians are only too well aware of the difficulties surrounding any
efforts to free international trade from the restrictions which the hard political
and economic necessities of today impose on it. While generally aiming at the
goal of freer trade, Canadians know that there is no single, easy solution to the
economic difficulties that plague so many countries, and that political and
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