Tag Archives: trade

Free Trade & Cultural Diplomacy – What’s Old is News

https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2025_05_06_22_37_16_425192c6-9b95-415b-bc74-6bb72d0f17b8.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBy Sean Graham I’m is joined by Sarah E.K. Smith, author of Trading on Art: Cultural Diplomacy and Free Trade in North America. We talk about Sarah’s interest in cultural diplomacy, what constitutes art in the context of free trade, and how cultural policies shaped artistic and curatorial expression at the end of the… Read more »

“Leveraging the Synergies” or a return to the past?: The decision to do away with CIDA

By Jill Campbell-Miller On March 21st, the Canadian government released the 2013 federal budget and in a paragraph did away with the 45-year-old Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).  The budget announced that CIDA would be amalgamated with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) to become the newly-renamed Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development.  The budget justified… Read more »