North Atlantic World: Canada and the Wartime Plans for the Post-War Global Economy, 1941–1947
There were numerous bilateral financial and commercial measures in the 1940s within the North Atlantic Triangle of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, in wartime and thereafter. 1 However, the focus of this article is on Canada’s interest in the multilateral economic proposals for the...
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cruclpress:10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2021v36.006 2024-06-02T08:10:55+00:00 North Atlantic World: Canada and the Wartime Plans for the Post-War Global Economy, 1941–1947 Mackenzie, Hector 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2021v36.006 https://scienceopen.com/document_file/f2c7b816-5711-4ee5-9f98-a26c9b136ed6/ScienceOpen/ljcs36010006.pdf https://scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2021v36.006 en eng UCL Press https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ London Journal of Canadian Studies volume 36, issue 1 ISSN 0267-2200 2397-0928 journal-article 2022 cruclpress https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2021v36.006 2024-05-07T14:18:40Z There were numerous bilateral financial and commercial measures in the 1940s within the North Atlantic Triangle of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, in wartime and thereafter. 1 However, the focus of this article is on Canada’s interest in the multilateral economic proposals for the post-war world. As the following account demonstrates, that option for Canadian policymakers was likewise defined and framed within the North Atlantic Triangle. As for the long-standing but elusive goal of diversification of markets for Canadian exports, the initial benefits to Canada of the multilateral alternative tended to reinforce rather than contradict the trend – evident in Canada’s bilateral deals – for its fortunes to be identified with its commerce with its North Atlantic partners. In other words, Canada’s economic world was fundamentally a North Atlantic world, and its multilateral plans and actions took that reality into account. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic UCL Press Canada London Journal of Canadian Studies 36 1 |
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There were numerous bilateral financial and commercial measures in the 1940s within the North Atlantic Triangle of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, in wartime and thereafter. 1 However, the focus of this article is on Canada’s interest in the multilateral economic proposals for the post-war world. As the following account demonstrates, that option for Canadian policymakers was likewise defined and framed within the North Atlantic Triangle. As for the long-standing but elusive goal of diversification of markets for Canadian exports, the initial benefits to Canada of the multilateral alternative tended to reinforce rather than contradict the trend – evident in Canada’s bilateral deals – for its fortunes to be identified with its commerce with its North Atlantic partners. In other words, Canada’s economic world was fundamentally a North Atlantic world, and its multilateral plans and actions took that reality into account. |
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North Atlantic World: Canada and the Wartime Plans for the Post-War Global Economy, 1941–1947 |
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North Atlantic World: Canada and the Wartime Plans for the Post-War Global Economy, 1941–1947 |
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North Atlantic World: Canada and the Wartime Plans for the Post-War Global Economy, 1941–1947 |
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North Atlantic World: Canada and the Wartime Plans for the Post-War Global Economy, 1941–1947 |
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North Atlantic World: Canada and the Wartime Plans for the Post-War Global Economy, 1941–1947 |
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north atlantic world: canada and the wartime plans for the post-war global economy, 1941–1947 |
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