Veronique St-Jean
Mid-Market regional underwriter – West
Export Development Canada
Posts by Veronique
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Asian food importer grows with private label deals in Latin America
Learn how an Asian food importer grew in Latin America through EDC support and private labels.
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Protectionism and geopolitics lead EDC’s Top 10 global risks for 2026
EDC’s Top 10 global risks reveal rising geopolitical, trade and economic threats for exporters in 2026.
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Manage volatility with EDC’s Commodity Tracker
Commodity prices can impact exporting, global trade and your business, so it’s important to be prepared for the challenges ahead.
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Global Financial Markets
Keep track of the international markets that matter to your business. Get the latest financial and macroeconomic information for both developed and emerging markets.
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Global Economic Outlook—Winter 2026
With growing risks, Canadian companies face new challenges. EDC’s Global Economic Outlook offers insights to help you make better business decisions.
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2026 Europe market intelligence: A guide for Canadian exporters
Learn about key sectors, market trends, and how EDC supports Canadian businesses expanding to Europe.
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Canada’s ‘tariff-free’ exports to the U.S.: What the numbers really show
Analyzing U.S. tariffs and CUSMA compliance to uncover the true costs for Canadian exporters.
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Canada’s critical minerals: Powering Germany’s industrial transition
Canada’s critical minerals strengthen Germany’s energy transition and industrial resilience.
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Top 10 global risks for Canadian exporters in 2026
From failed CUSMA talks to trade wars and recession risks, EDC Economics identifies the challenges facing Canadian companies
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What 2026 has in store: Fragile growth and trade uncertainty
2026 outlook: Fragile growth, tariff volatility and global trade risks.
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How to finance your global growth
Discover how EDC’s financing solutions help Canadian companies expand internationally.
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LH Home manages tariffs to grow in U.S. and Mexico
LH Home, a Canadian furniture importer and distributor, adapts to tariffs and supply chain challenges to grow in U.S. and Mexican markets.
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Investing in our success: Why sustained R&D investment matters
R&D investment is key to Canadian exporters’ competitiveness, diversification and global growth.
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Canada’s overlooked export: How cross-border M&A is evolving under U.S. uncertainty
Canadian firms adapt cross-border M&A amid U.S. economic and trade policy uncertainty.
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Tariffs 101: What are tariffs and how do they impact international trade?
Explore how tariffs work, who pays them and if they’ll affect your sales.
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Duty Drawbacks Program Canada: Recover duties and boost cash flow
Learn how Canadian exporters can recover duties and improve profitability.
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Duty drawback application process: Maximize refunds and profitability
File a duty drawback claim and recover duties to improve cash flow and reduce export costs.
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Scaling Canadian cybersecurity services globally
Protexxa, a Canadian cybersecurity firm, shares how digital service exporters can manage regulatory hurdles and grow confidently on the world stage.
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Unlocking strategic opportunities for Canadian exporters in India
Canadian exporters can seize growth by entering India’s expanding, opportunity-rich market.
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Canada’s trade-enabling infrastructure under strain
Canada’s trade infrastructure faces key challenges across road, rail, ports and air transport.
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Fall 2025 Global Export Forecast: Risks, resilience and recovery
Canadian exporters face tariffs, trade uncertainty and uneven growth across key sectors
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Canada’s critical minerals strategy: Building a sustainable future
EDC helps Canada lead in critical minerals with financing, partnerships and sustainable mining.
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Montreal’s Manmade grows in Canada, U.S. with luxe fabric, bold ads
Discover how a Canadian men’s apparel brand is growing with EDC support.
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China’s EV dominance: What it means for Canada’s emerging industry
China’s EV rise poses risks and opportunities for Canada’s auto and battery supply chain.
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Why trade-enabling infrastructure matters for Canada
Canada’s export growth depends on trade-enabling infrastructure upgrades.
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Expanding to Mexico: Storkcraft designs a global strategy
Storkcraft expands to Mexico and beyond with EDC’s support and business advisory services.
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Scaling educational technology in global markets: Lü’s export journey
How Discover how Lü scaled immersive edtech from Canada to 1,600 schools worldwide.
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Canada’s cleantech export edge: Scaling innovation in a shifting world
Canada’s cleantech sector faces global headwinds—but export momentum is building.
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Tariffs FAQ: What Canadian businesses need to know
Explore the impact of tariffs and learn about support programs and compliance strategies.
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Exporting Asian flavours to Latin America
Discover how Ran Foods is exporting packaged Asian food to Latin America with EDC's support.
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Tariffs continue to squeeze North American economies
Explore how tariffs are reshaping growth, inflation and trade across North America.
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Bold brew: Canadian coffee exporter scales sustainably
How environmental values, EDC financing and agility fuelled Café William`s growth.
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How fragile is the global economy in 2025?
Trade tensions and shifting policies test the global economy’s balance
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How wildfires disrupt Canada’s economy: Trade & infrastructure impacts
Explore how wildfires disrupt Canadian trade, tourism, infrastructure and economic productivity.
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Exporting Canadian sustainable mining technology worldwide
Discover how cleantech helps mining companies improve sustainability, with EDC’s financial support.
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IOR strategy: Preparing for tariffs
The IOR ensures customs compliance. Learn how they mitigate tariff-related risks.
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Canada’s free trade agreements unlock global markets
An overview of Canada’s 15 free trade agreements.
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naturSource feeds on Indo-Pacific growth opportunities
Discover how naturSource successfully expanded to the Indo-Pacific region and elsewhere.
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CETA and Canada-U.K. free trade agreements open doors to Europe
Explore Canada's free trade agreements with the EU and U.K.
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Market diversification
Discover how market diversification can enhance your export strategy and provide new ways for your business to grow in today’s uncertain trade climate.
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Understanding Incoterms can prevent export challenges
Discover key insights to help you understand how to properly use incoterms
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GoBolt: Scaling sustainable logistics across borders
Learn how they grew 823% in four years by embracing tech, sustainability and growing globally.
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Understanding the Canadian Export Reporting System
No more filling out paper forms. Exporters can now electronically declare their shipments leaving Canada.
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NAFTA to CUSMA: What you need to know about Canada-U.S. free trade agreements
Understanding CUSMA and export changes is key for businesses navigating trade with the U.S.
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Preparing your business for tariffs: A checklist for exporters
Steps you can take to minimize the impact of tariffs
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Doing business in India: Tips for importing and exporting
India offers compelling opportunities for Canadian companies across a variety of sectors.
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United States market intelligence for Canadian exporters
Insights and analysis from EDC on navigating the U.S. business environment
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Connecting Compass Food Sales to the world of global trade
Learn how EDC helped kickstart this company’s export business
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3 markets to watch: Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines
The Indo-Pacific region offers vast potential for Canadian companies.
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Building trust with Indigenous businesses
How building relationships with Indigenous businesses helps the Canadian economy to thrive.
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Miovision: Gearing up for sustainability opportunities ahead
Canadian company finds ways to reduce pollution, as global cities strive to reduce emissions.
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Here’s to the (Canadian) farmer
Recent events have brought global food insecurity to crisis levels. But Canada can help.
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Good & bad of COVID-19: Survey outlines impacts on Canadian businesses
EDC research panel survey highlights impacts of the pandemic on Canadian businesses.
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Grounded for now
Will we ever return to our jet-setting ways?
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Invixium: The new face (recognition) of health and safety
Canadian biometric company Invixium makes innovative business pivot to keep growing during pandemic
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U.S. economy doing well, all things considered
There are signs of hope for better days ahead for Canada-U.S. trade.
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Top concern: Recovery from COVID-19
We heard a lot about what’s keeping our key customers up at night.
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How a Calgary company used EDC to help it make a COVID-19 pivot
Traditionally, Fluid mainly specialized in producing environmentally responsible, advanced chemical systems for a variety of uses within the oil and gas sector. Now they are also producing hand sanitizer.
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EDC COVID-19 impact survey suggests the worst is behind us
Despite significant challenges, Canadian companies are identifying new opportunities, domestically and internationally, and investing in online capabilities to beef up sales.
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COVID-19’s effects anything but even
COVID-19 has generated no winners—only survivors.
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COVID-19: EDC survey finds 10 key impacts on Canadian businesses
EDC Research Panel survey outlines how the pandemic is affecting Canadian companies in domestic and international markets.
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Giving back: Smart thermostat gives customers the power to change the world
Ecobee, an export development canada cleantech export star, is finding new ways to help cities become more sustainable
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Country Risk Quarterly: Rating the risks of going global
An EDC economist helps you understand the different country risks at play.
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No-cost ways to get answers to your exporting questions
Not having access to quality answers to trade-related questions is one of the top pain points for exporters.
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Tornado Spectral Systems: Shedding light on chemical measurement around the globe
With EDC’s support, this chemical analysis and measurement company has taken on international contracts from all over the world.
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Aquatic Life: How a small-town business catapulted onto the global stage
Through the EDC Business Connection Program, this water monitoring solutions company gained the attention of a multinational mining giant.
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Leading with values
EDC released its first ever stand-alone Human Rights Policy.
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Titan Environmental Containment: Minimizing environmental impact while growing globally
After accessing EDC Portfolio Credit Insurance, the environmental company saw sales grow by 60% and now exports to every continent
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Handling Specialty: From humble beginnings to international contracts
This material handling company started out in a garage, but used EDC’s credit insurance and Business Connection Program to support its international growth and is now worth $35 million.
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Keeping the world warm: How Wuxly Movement went from Kickstarter campaign to international success
Additional working capital from EDC and logistics support from eShipper helped this animal-free parka company reach cold climates beyond Canadian borders.
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A day in the life of an exporter: James Yurichuk, Wuxly Movement Founder and CEO
Learn how Wuxly Movement CEO, James Yurichuk, goes through a day leading the animal-free parka company.
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Colour my world: Nix Sensor, a digital handheld device, makes colour matching easy
Additional working capital allows Hamilton-based company to get new product to market faster, gain foothold in Latin America
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Maxy Media
After rapid expansion, this digital media buying agency leveraged EDC’s Export Guarantee Program to get access to more working capital from its bank.
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“Understand what customers are going through”: Help from EDC took this user experience company to new markets
EDC’s Export Guarantee Program helped CubeHX secure working capital.
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Ackroo
This Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company accessed more working capital from its bank with help from EDC.
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Averna
This technology company attributes 85 per cent of its sales to exports, and EDC has been there to support and maintain its international growth.
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Targray
EDC’s Export Guarantee Program and Portfolio Credit Insurance allowed this company to go into markets it otherwise would have avoided.
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Entertaining the world: Escape Manor
Access to working capital from EDC helped this immersive entertainment company expand.
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Green Power Labs Inc.
This company is now in talks with three multinationals it met through EDC for contracts worth millions.
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Creos
Access to working capital from EDC helped this arts and culture services company bring art to the world
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Hortau: Cleantech’s 2018 export star
EDC has been working with Hortau to help export smart irrigation systems since the company started looking at selling to the United States.
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Aspin Kemp & Associates
This company secured contracts worth more than $140 million thanks, in part, to EDC’s Account Performance Security Guarantee.
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Open Farm
Direct lending from EDC helped this ethically-sourced pet food company expand into the United States.
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AvenEx Coating Technologies Inc.
EDC helped finance this company’s equipment, allowing it to grow from two to 1,000 employees in just four years.
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Food Trucks International
After accessing additional working capital with help from EDC, this food truck company landed a top customer.
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MetOcean Telematics
This Dartmouth, N.S., company used two EDC services — the first allowed it to free up operating funds while the second helped facilitate two international acquisitions — one in the U.K. and one in California.
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WATERAX Inc.
This Montreal manufacturer secured a long-sought-after Chilean client after EDC intervened with its matchmaking service.
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Baanto
This technology company took off so quickly they couldn’t keep up with demand, but with EDC’s financing solutions they could continue to say yes to global opportunities.
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Grace and Stella Co.
Vancouver-based Grace and Stella Co. deliver a spa experience to your home using the power of e-commerce.
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Smart Sweets
Vancouver-based Smart Sweets is turning sugar-free candy into a healthy business with financing from EDC.
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Acadian Seaplants Limited
This marine plant company is finding opportunities across the sea with a Foreign Exchange Facility Guarantee.
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Realizing Canada’s cleantech potential
Did you know 72,000 jobs could be reached by 2022 in the clean tech sector? Learn more about Canada’s Cleantech Potential.
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Canadian cleantech ecosystem: A group of export powerhouses
Canadian cleantech is helping to realize the potential for clean growth at home.
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Canada's foray into other markets
Amid unsettling trade talks between Canada and the US, there is a glimmer of hope. Canada is turning more attention to smaller but faster-growing markets.
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Export outlook by industry
Despite some risks and weaknesses, global growth is back. But where are the opportunities for Canadian companies, and what do they need to consider?
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Agriculture rocks!
Can Canada's agri-food sector keep up with the growing demand for first-world food, especially as emerging-world populations grow and get richer?
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Canadian softwood lumber, Part 5
It may sound like a blockbuster movie series, but no other issue has dominated Canada-U.S. trade like softwood lumber.
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Canada-U.S. trade still a driver for automotive sector
See how the heavily integrated supply chain between the Canada-U.S. automotive industries benefit both sides of the border.
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Uncertainty in the U.S? Business as usual for Canadian SMEs
“Keep calm and trade on” appears to be the motto for these Canadian companies, as they reveal their strategies for dealing in the U.S. market.