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EU envoy calls for free trade agreement with Canada
In the past, Canada had suggested a free trade agreement with the EU, but the request was turned down.
Implementing CARICOM-Canada Free Trade Area crucial, says Canadian High Commissioner
Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Charles Court, has committed to fast-tracking negotiations for the establishment of a CARICOM-Canada Free Trade Area (FTA).
Ecuador: Canada seeks to start free-trade talks by year-end
Canada has proposed starting official talks with Ecuador on a bilateral free-trade agreement before the end of 2006, the Andean nation’s Foreign Ministry said Friday in a press statement.
Opposition opens up Central American trade deal
In an effort to ensure that the protection of labour and human rights are built into a free trade agreement being negotiated with four Central American countries, the Standing Committee on International Trade passed a resolution last week calling for the disclosure of all agreement draft texts and Canadian negotiating proposals.
Canada, US interested in treaties with Malaysia
Though their reasons and goals are different, both Canada and US are interested to sign treaties with Malaysia to facilitate trade.
Canada’s quiet free trade agreement
One of the agreements the Canadian government is trying to finalize is the Central America Four Free Trade Agreement (CA4TA) with Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Overview of bilateral free trade and investment agreements
A general overview of free trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties that have been signed or are being negotiated all over the world. Organised by region, it provides a snapshot of the many processes currently under way, some of the controversies they raise and opposition movements against these agreements.
Canadians, Americans feel losers in NAFTA
According to a poll by Ipsos-Reid for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Canada Institute on North American Issues, 63 per cent of Canadian respondents and 53 per cent of American respondents believe their respective countries were losers as a result of the commerce agreement.
Korea seeks to exempt 240 agro products from Canada FTA
Korea is seeking to exclude 240 agricultural products out of a total of 1,452 from the tariff cut proposals exchanged with Canada during the seventh round of free trade agreement talks, the government said yesterday.
Working class hurt by free-trade deal
Free trade in North America has resulted in sharp gains for the rich at the expense of the average Canadian worker, says a report from the US Economic Policy Institute released yesterday.
Children of the WTO
World Trade Organization talks collapsed in July 2006 over strong internal disagreements on agricultural policy. While social activists throughout the world cheered, policy-makers in the U.S. and Canada started aggressively pursuing bilateral trade accords or Free Trade Agreements [FTAs].
Why the rush to ink more deals?
When asked why he would risk his life to climb Mount Everest, the British mountaineer George Mallory gave the classic reply: "Because it is there." When asked why they’re so anxious to sign new free-trade agreements, Canada’s trade bureaucrats have a similarly existential response: "Because we haven’t done one in a while."
S. Korea, Canada to hold 7th round of free trade talks
South Korea said Friday it will open a seventh round of formal talks next week on a proposed free trade agreement with Canada.
S. Korean trade deal will cost jobs: CAW
A free-trade deal Ottawa is negotiating with South Korea could cost Canada up to 33,000 jobs — including 4,000 in the auto industry — this country’s largest private sector union warned yesterday.
Rough trade: the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement
The Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), signed 10 years ago, has some discouraging lessons to offer would-be bilateralists. And lesson No. 1 would be: Don’t expect such agreements to boost trade.
Employment implications of trade liberalization with East Asia
This study examines the employment impacts of Canada’s existing bilateral trade relationships with East Asia, and the likely employment effects of the proposed Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA).
Canada won’t benefit from trade accord with Korea, studies say
Canada probably wouldn’t benefit from a free trade agreement it’s negotiating with South Korea as part of a strategy to increase business with Asia, according to two studies posted on the Canadian trade ministry’s Web site.
Free trade with South Korea would costs thousands of jobs, Hargrove warns
A free trade agreement with South Korea would cost thousands of jobs in Canada, union leader Buzz Hargrove warned Tuesday.
Canada Agri-Food Trade Alliance: Comments on free trade negotiations with Korea
Canada Agri-Food Trade Alliance Comments on Free Trade Negotiations with Korea, House Standing Committee on International Trade, June 14 2006.
No Korean auto pact: Ontario
The Ontario government is demanding that Ottawa exclude the auto sector from free trade talks with Korea because of potential harm to the industry.