Abstract
Multinational corporations and import competition assume high profiles in economic policy debates in both Canada and France. An initial glance at the structure of foreign direct investment and trade in these two countries also indicates certain similarities. The openness of the Canadian and French economies to international trade is quite comparable, while such industries as petroleum and natural gas, pharmaceuticals, and para-chemicals head both countries’ lists of the sectors with the largest shares of foreign controlled sales and assets. In addition, there is a relatively high correlation coefficient of .603 between the inter-industry measures of foreign direct investment in the two countries (based on the sales data used in this study), while the correlation between the sum of their import and foreign subsidiaries’ shares (total foreign penetration) is .489.
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