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The article presents a list of papers that appeared in previous issues of the journal "Canadian Economic Observer." The papers include "Provincial income disparities through an urban-rural lens," that appeared in the August 2005 issue, "Canada's trade and investment with China," that appeared in the June 2005 issue, "The output gap between Canada and the US: The role of productivity 1994-2002," that appeared in the January 2005 issue, "Canada's imports by country," that appeared in the September 2004 issue, and "Canada's Trade with China," that appeared in the June 2004 issue.

The article presents an update of Canada's trade with China. From 2002-2006, Canada's exports nearly doubled to $8 billion, and in the first seven months of 2007, they rose 43% over the same period in 2006. This 2007 gain was the biggest posted by any Group of Seven (G7) country and put China neck and neck with Japan as Canada's third largest export market.

The article presents information on several changes in Canada's clothing market due to trade liberalization since 1989. After the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the U.S., there was a remarkable increase in clothing exports from Canada to the U.S. After the lifting of quotas for all World Trade Organization member countries during 1995-2002, there had been a considerable increase in clothing imports by China from the Canadian cloth market.

The article presents information about the effects of trade liberalization on the Canadian clothing market . It examines the transition in the market owing to free trade with the United States and developing countries like China, India and Bangladesh. Its influence on domestic production and employment is also discussed.

Examines Canada’s trade and investment with China. Direct investment flows between China and Canada; Imports; Exports.

Documents how Canada's trade with China has evolved over the last 15 years in the context of the broad shifts in the China's trade with the world. Benefits from both the direct effect of higher exports to China and indirectly from the upward pressure on commodity prices from China's rapid industrialization; Imports from China shifting from toys and trinkets to productivity-enhancing goods.

The article offers news briefs related to economic conditions prevailing around the world. Employment in Canada increased by 0.3% in April 2011 after a one-month stagnation in March 2011. During the first quarter of the year 2011 the real gross domestic product (GDP) of Great Britain increased by 0.5%. In the first quarter of 2011 the real GDP of China increased by 2.1%.

The article focuses on the economic conditions in Canada as well as in various other countries. It informs that a partial recovery was visible in a number of financial markets that were at the centre of the turmoil that began in mid-September 2008. In Canada, employment has fallen 1.9% since November 2008 and industrial production has fallen 9.6% since November 2007. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased 6.1% in China in the year ending in the first quarter of 2009.