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No free trade until cheese deal, Marois says
17-Dec-2013 Canadian Press
Premier Pauline Marois says the Quebec legislature will not endorse the Canada-Europe free-trade agreement until Ottawa explains how it will compensate the province’s cheese producers.
Canadians balk at longer brand-name drug patents
16-Dec-2013 CMAJ
Nearly two-thirds of Canadians oppose longer patents for brand-name drugs under a proposed trade deal with the European Union, according to a poll commissioned by the Council of Canadians.
Trade unions oppose privileged rights for Big Business in EU-Canada trade deal
26-Nov-2013 4traders
The European Trade Union Confederation strongly opposes the inclusion of ISDS in CETA, and the subsequent creation of a parallel court system which allows multinationals to sue and threaten governments with heavy costs for doing their democratic job of regulating their societies and economies.
More than 100 organizations sign transatlantic statement opposing dangerous investor "rights" chapter in CETA
26-Nov-2013 Council of Canadians
As European and Canadian trade officials meet again in Brussels today to continue negotiating an investment protection chapter in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), transatlantic civil society groups are demanding that this chapter be removed entirely as an affront to democracy, an attack on the independent judiciary, and a threat to climate change and our shared environment.
CETA is more about corporate rights than free trade
9-Nov-2013
Since announcing the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) two weeks ago Harper’s Conservatives have repeatedly labelled those questioning the deal as “anti-trade”. But this Canada-European Union accord is one part trade and four parts ‘corporate bill of rights’.
RBC and Capital Economics challenge Harper’s CETA claims
9-Nov-2013 rabble.ca
Harper’s slam-dunk argument for the Canada-European Union ’free trade’ agreement, often uncritically reported in the media, is that the ’Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement’ is key to Canada’s economic prosperity. The Canadian Press reports, "The government continues to quote a joint study on the impact, conducted five years ago, projecting a possible $12 billion boost to economic activity in Canada — $16 billion for the EU — and the creation of about 80,000 jobs. ...Trade Minister Ed Fast said that, if anything, the joint study underestimated the gains."
Ottawa challenged to release internal estimates of Europe free-trade drug costs
8-Nov-2013
The federal government won’t release internal documents that may predict potential higher drug costs for Canadians under new patent rules agreed to in the free-trade deal with Europe, Trade Minister Ed Fast says.
Canada-EU trade agreement presages IP reform
3-Nov-2013
The far reaching provisions of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union will have considerable impact on Canada’s IP regime.
Europe touts gains in Canada free-trade deal, internal document shows
2-Nov-2013
A European Union analysis of the just-completed trade agreement with Canada suggests the EU gained more than it expected – and might have settled for less had Ottawa pushed harder.
EU boasts of gains in Canada free-trade deal
2-Nov-2013 Canadian Press
A European Union analysis of the just-completed trade agreement with Canada suggests the EU gained more than it expected - and might have settled for less had Ottawa pushed harder.
Summary of Canada-EU free trade deal tabled
30-Oct-2013 CBC
A summary of the tentative free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union, which has been praised by exporters but drawn criticism from some dairy farmers, was tabled in the House of Commons in Ottawa today.
CETA: What’s In the Canada-EU free trade deal?
21-Oct-2013 Huffington Post
Reporters got access to some CETA documents on Friday, but they were vague and, in the words of the Globe and Mail’s Bill Curry, the documents “don’t list what Canada gave up.”
Canada-EU trade deal: Sell-out or celebration? Public needs a veto on massive corporate rights treaty
17-Oct-2013 rabble.ca
Responding to reports today that Canada and the European Union have concluded negotiations on a massive new corporate rights treaty called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Council of Canadians is demanding that parliament and the public be given an opportunity to review and make changes to the deal, or even to reject it outright, before it can be signed.
Stephen Harper à Bruxelles pour conclure l’accord de libre-échange Canada-UE (officiel)
17-Oct-2013 Les Echos
Le Premier ministre canadien Stephen Harper se rendra à Bruxelles jeudi en vue de conclure l’accord de libre-échange que le Canada et l’Union européenne négocient depuis plus de quatre ans, a annoncé mercredi soir son porte-parole.
Conservatives open door to free trade with EU after reaching cheese import deal
16-Oct-2013 The National
Negotiators have agreed to double the amount of European cheese imported into Canada — to around 30,000 tonnes a year — in order to get the Europeans on board.
PM to intervene in deadlocked EU-Canada trade negotiations
25-Sep-2013 Irish Examiner
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper is seeking to break a deadlock in trade talks with the EU by stepping up his part in negotiations, people familiar with the strategy said.
Canada-EU Trade negotiators draw up “break-out package” on outstanding issues
5-Aug-2013 WSJ
Trade negotiators for Canada and the European Union have drawn up a proposal they hope will bridge the differences that are blocking a free trade deal after more than four years of talks, according to people familiar with the matter.
Critics urge provinces to hold public hearings on EU trade deals
21-Jul-2013
Critics of the free trade talks with Europe are urging Canadian provinces to ensure any negotiated deal gets a full public airing before it is formally signed.
EU envoy prods Canada to finalize free trade deal
4-Jul-2013 Canadian Press
European access for Canadian beef still a sticking point
EU slams Canada for holding up free-trade negotiations
19-Jun-2013 Canadian Press
Canada has publicly been called on the carpet by the European Union for holding up free-trade talks.