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A Database for Analysis of International Markets François Bordé The importance attached to trade in the context of Canadian economic performance has grown in recent years, in part as a result of the free trade agreement with the United States and a new round of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT. As a consequence, questions about the relative strength of Canadian exports on foreign markets and import penetration in Canada have become increasingly topical. …

…for which analysis of such matters as world market shares, countries trade performance, structural changes in world trade, market potential, is possible. Further development of the database through the addition of key variables such as customs tariffs, production, investment, employment, and prices is possible, but would involve considerable development cost which can only be justified to the extent that sufficient interest in this type of broad- based analytical tool exists on the part of users.