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Canada-China investment treaty should be delayed – Suzuki
6-Dec-2012 Beacon News
Should the government of Canada sign agreements if they subject our workers to unfair competition from lower-paid employees from investor nations, hinder our ability to protect the environment or give foreign companies and governments excessive control over local policies and valuable resources?, asks David Suzuki
Tom Mulcair’s NDP takes ’vigorously pro-trade’ position
15-Nov-2012
Stephen Harper’s Conservatives may have to change the script for their smear campaign against Tom Mulcair, at least when it comes to the NDP leader’s supposed anti-trade "extremism."
Canadian Parliament backs Panama FTA
15-Nov-2012 Tax News
Canada’s Minister for International Trade, Ed Fast, has confirmed that the Canadian House of Commons has approved a law that would bring a new free trade agreement between Canada and Panama into force.
Free-trade agreement with Canada to open up new markets in Jordan
11-Oct-2012 National Post
Mohammed Abu Hassan owns a small shoe factory in the Sahab Industrial Zone on the eastern edge of Jordan’s capital, Amman. He is struggling to keep his factory open and is worried that the government’s new FTA with Canada could put him out of business.
Canada joins Trans-Pacific trade talks, seeks markets outside US
10-Oct-2012 Reuters
Seeking to reduce its reliance on the sluggish U.S. market, Canada has formally joined 10 other nations in talks on creating an Asia Pacific free trade agreement, the government said on Tuesday.
FM, Canadian trade minister discuss ties
22-Sep-2012
Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Saturday discussed with Canadian minister of International Trade Ed Fast economic ties between the two countries as a Jordanian-Canadian Free Trade Agreement FTA goes into force early next month.
China calls for free-trade deal with Canada within a decade
22-Sep-2012
Canada and China should move quickly toward a free-trade agreement, Beijing’s ambassador has urged, insisting it would provide a longer-term solution to questions about two-way investment sparked by the $15-billion Chinese takeover bid for Alberta oil firm Nexen Inc.
Canada, Costa Rica conclude latest FTA talks
7-Sep-2012 Tax News
Canada and Costa Rica have concluded the fifth round of talks towards the modernization of their existing free trade agreement (FTA).
Indonesia seeks trade, but not free trade
24-Aug-2012
Indonesia is eager to boost trade with Canada, but the South Asian country isn’t interested in two of the Harper government’s top priorities — pursuing a free-trade deal or buying Alberta oilsands crude.
Lost trade with U.S. prompts Canada to seek other markets
22-Aug-2012
Eleven years after the 9/11 debacle, the Canada-U.S. border linking the world’s two most friendly countries remains a debilitating choke point.
Canada’s path to trade with Asia goes through Europe
19-Jul-2012 Ottawa Citizen
As another round of CETA negotiations takes place in Brussels this week, the Canadian government must know that an early and good trade agreement with Europe is crucial to Canada’s new economic and trade agenda in Asia.
Canada can’t crack inner circle of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement
4-Jul-2012 Macleans.ca
When it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement (TPP), Canada may have been invited to the party, but we are not yet part of the club.
Canada concludes latest Morocco FTA talks
26-Jun-2012 Tax News
According to minister Ed Fast, the deal would “serve as a gateway to a deeper Canadian commercial presence in North Africa and the Mediterranean region”.
The TPP: Selling out Canadians, one ’trade deal’ at a time
22-Jun-2012 NUPGE
We will be told, of course, that this deal too will enhance trade, will enrich Canadians and will be good for our economy. All of this we will be expected to swallow whole. If this deal follows the usual pattern, none of it will be true.
Trade talks ain’t what they used to be (open)
21-Jun-2012 Globe and Mail
Once upon a time, major international trade pacts were the source of controversy and great debate in Canada.
Canada to reveal next step in closer China trade ties
19-Jun-2012
Canada is set to announce it has completed an important step toward closer trade ties with China, CBC News has learned.
Canada: The real cost of free trade
28-Apr-2012 Operation Maple
Canada, Chile expand FTA
18-Apr-2012 Tax News
The original FTA covered trade in goods and services, but did not include provisions on financial services. The amended agreement now includes a financial services chapter.
Canada and China negotiate investment treaty
2-Apr-2012 Mondaq
On February 8, 2012, Canada and China signed a Declaration of Intent, signalling that the substantive negotiations between them on a bilateral investment treaty have come to a close. What do we know about this treaty?
New Canadian strategy for Americas expected
1-Apr-2012
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is poised to unveil a reinvigoration of his government’s muddled Americas strategy when he meets with hemispheric leaders next month.