The new May edition of FOCALPoint focuses on the significant Canada-Mexico relationship. In this edition, which includes an article from Ambassador of Mexico to Canada, Francisco Barrio-Terrazas the often forgotten but important relationship between Canada and Mexico is highlighted. The various authors point to the increase in trade and foreign investment between the two countries as well as the evolving cooperation between Canadian provinces and Mexican states in the areas of agriculture, forestry, environmental management and education.

President Obama Provides Progress Report on National Export Initiative, Announces Members of the President's Export Council   (Washington, DC - July 7, 2010) Goal of doubling exports over five years to support millions of American jobs is on track WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Barack Obama will provide a progress report on the National Export Initiative (NEI), which shows that the President's goal of doubling exports and supporting several million new jobs over five years is on track, and that exports in the first four months of 2010 grew almost 17 percent from the same period last year. S

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 27, 2010 Remarks by President Obama at G-20 Press Conference in Toronto, Canada Intercontinental Hotel, Toronto, Canada 6:03 P.M.

In March 2010, a two-day "North American Futures" conference was organized in Berkeley by the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of British Columbia with leading scholars, practitioners and media commentators to examine current public policy and political issues. Keynote remarks by two top former ambassadors, Thomas Pickering (US) and Allan Gotlieb (Canada) provided an overview of the relationship and significant points for moving forward between Canada, the US and Mexico.

Prime Minister of Canada June 27, 2010

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In his 2009 article "Canada's Resource Curse: Too Much of a Good Thing," Daniel Drache, Associate Director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and Professor of Political Economy at York University, assesses the challenges the Canadian economy has faced and may continue to face in the future, despite the country's abundance of natural and human resources. Within the article Drache reviews and assess various economic models that have shaped Canada's economy in the past and the ways in which they could mould it in the future.