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India, Canada resume FTA talks, eye interim deal
25-Apr-2022 Financial Express
India and Canada resumed negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) last week and are eyeing an interim trade deal first to bolster bilateral commerce and investment.
Canada postpones talks to expand FTA agreement with Ukraine until after war
21-Apr-2022 Ukrainian News
Ukraine and Canada have agreed to continue negotiations on expanding the agreement on the free trade zone to the sphere of services and investments after the end of the war in Ukraine.
Canada, Indonesia agree to boost economic cooperation
18-Apr-2022 Fibre2Fashion
Canada and Indonesia recently agreed to intensify economic cooperation, especially on trade, investment and energy transition. Indonesian foreign affairs minister Retno Marsudi and Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly signed the Indonesia-Canada Plan of Action for 2022-2025 during the latter’s visit to Indonesia to take ahead the cooperation initiatives.
Beef emerging as sticking point in free trade talks between Canada and Britain
25-Mar-2022 Toronto Star
A potential clash over hormone-treated Canadian beef is emerging as a sticking point as free trade talks between Canada and Britain formally begin.
UK and Canada begin formal talks for a free-trade agreement
25-Mar-2022 Bloomberg
The UK government announced the formal start of negotiations on a new trade deal with Canada, seeking to replace an interim deal put in place following Britain’s departure from the European Union.
India, Canada agree to consider interim trade deal
14-Mar-2022 Financial Express
The move came after commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal held talks with his Canadian counterpart Mary Ng, as part of the fifth ministerial dialogue on trade & investment.
Canada’s trade minister to visit Delhi today to revive FTA talks
10-Mar-2022 Financial Express
Canadian trade minister Mary Ng will be on a visit to India from March 10 to 13 to hold talks with commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, which will set the stage for the resumption of the negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA).
How to break the bias in Canada’s gender and trade agenda
9-Mar-2022 The Monitor
How the government measures “inclusive trade” may undermine the policy’s feminist goals.
Dairy groups slam Canadian proposal on USMCA dairy market access
8-Mar-2022 AG Daily
Canada submitted its proposal on how it would change tariff rate quotas for imports on dairy. Dairy groups were disappointed in the proposal and called for more reforms.
India, Canada set for FTA talks on Fri
7-Mar-2022 Live Mint
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal and his Canadian counterpart Mary Ng will meet in New Delhi on Friday to begin talks for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
Trade agreements must be climate-focused, new IPCC report shows
1-Mar-2022 Policy Options
Governments need to repair the incoherence between climate objectives and the emissions-intensive trajectory of the global economy.
A Koched-up NAFTA lawsuit
22-Feb-2022 CCPA
Koch claims that Ontario’s abrupt cancellation of its cap-and-trade system in 2018 violated the NAFTA Chapter 11 minimum standard of treatment and expropriation clauses.
Canada’s Alberta province files trade challenge over scrapped Keystone XL pipeline
10-Feb-2022 Reuters
The Canadian province of Alberta formally initiated a trade challenge to recover its investment in the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which was scrapped in 2021 after the United States cancelled a key permit.
UK will be told to lift ban on hormone-treated beef to join key trade bloc, leaked memo suggests
9-Feb-2022 The Independent
Canada asked some probing questions and stated this will be an important issue for Canada in judging the UK’s compliance with CPTPP.
Trade agreements are colonial tools to control lands, resources and labour, says Canadian activist Stefan Christoff
24-Jan-2022 bilaterals.org
Interview with Stefan Christoff, media maker, musician and community activist living in Montreal.
New Zealand cheers Canada’s loss in dairy dispute and calls for ’significant reform’
18-Jan-2022 Financial Post
Canada has repeatedly broken its promise to let foreign cheese and butter flow more freely into the country, officials say
Canada joins Mexico’s official complaint arguing US violating trade pact over auto parts provision
14-Jan-2022 CBC
Canada is joining Mexico’s official complaint requesting a dispute settlement panel to resolve a claim that the US is violating the new NAFTA by insisting on a stricter interpretation of a key provision on auto parts.
Taiwan, Canada to start talks on investment agreement
11-Jan-2022 Reuters
Taiwan and Canada have agreed to start talks on an investment protection agreement, both governments said on Monday, part of the Chinese-claimed island’s efforts to boost ties with fellow democracies in the face of growing pressure from Beijing.
US wins Canada trade spat as panel says dairy rules defy pact
5-Jan-2022 Bloomberg
The US notched a victory in a spat with Canada over dairy trade, with a dispute-settlement panel finding that the nation’s allocation of American lower-tariff imports violates their agreement.
Devas seizes $6.8 million worth of AAI property in Canada
3-Jan-2022 The Hindu
The shareholders had sought the right to seize all sum or moveable property of India and/or AAI being held by the International Air Transport Association.