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Canada-South-Korea free trade deal would cost thousands of jobs, says union study
24-Oct-2007 Canada Press
The Canadian Auto Workers has called on the three opposition parties in Ottawa to vote down any Canada-Korea free trade agreement in order to save Canadian jobs. CAW’s internal analysis predicts the trade deal would cost over 33,000 jobs.
Canada aims to match US-Korea trade deal: minister
24-Oct-2007 Reuters
Canada is entering a difficult final phase of free-trade negotiations with South Korea and needs to secure a deal if it wants to be able to compete with the United States in Asia, Trade Minister David Emerson said on Tuesday.
The rising tide: A proposed free-trade area promises to radically change Canada’s East Coast, but would it lift all boats?
23-Oct-2007 McGill Daily
"Atlantica" seems a rather fabulous name for something as unsexy as a trade initiative, but the tale of how it came to the activist community’s attention is nearly as mythic.
Free trade under fire in Canada
18-Oct-2007 Toward Freedom
Plans to deepen Canada’s embrace of trade liberalization and deregulation are running into new pockets of resistance. Following a flurry of news coverage and public debate around the Security and Prosperity Partnership, another wave of protest has risen over a new trade deal between British Columbia and Alberta: TILMA.
Free trade deal with Canada a priority for Dominican Republic’s new ambassador
18-Oct-2007 Embassy Magazine
"We have more and bigger FTAs than anyone in region."
New FTAs could worsen Canadian auto deficit: CAW
9-Oct-2007 CTV
"A free trade deal with Korea will take a bad situation and make it worse...The government should cancel these talks," said Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove.
Seoul, Ottawa to focus on barley, bean in free trade agreement talks
7-Oct-2007 Yonhap
South Korea and Canada will focus on barley, bean, potato and other farm products in free trade agreement talks that reopen in Ottawa this week
Middle class incomes further behind since trade deal
3-Oct-2007 NDP
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the negotiations of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, NDP International Trade Critic Peter Julian presented his analysis of the new figures from Statistics Canada that show a drastic increase in income inequality for most Canadian families since 1989.
Canada hopes for free trade debut
19-Sep-2007 Telegraph
Even as the Congress and the Left parties stake the future of the UPA government on how close India should get to the US, neighbouring Canada is deftly stepping into the breach.
Bilateral deals abound as APEC leaders talk Doha
13-Sep-2007 Embassy Magazine
Vietnam, Singapore, Peru and South Korea are just some of the countries Canada is discussing various trade deals with, despite saying the WTO talks are its priority.
Canada and India conclude investment treaty: Negotiations with China continue
30-Aug-2007 Mondaq
Concluding a FIPA with China is one of the Canadian government’s top priorities. However, negotiations have dragged on due to significant differences between Canada’s Model FIPA and the standard Chinese approach.
Scrap the SPP!
17-Aug-2007 Indymedia
The People’s Global Action Bloc is a coalition of various anti-capitalist groups from Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, and Vancouver who will be organizing actions in Montebello and across Canada from August 19-21 to show their resistance to the SPP.
New free trade talks to start later this year
21-Jul-2007
The Caribbean’s chief trade negotiator says discussions on a draft for a new free trade agreement between Canada and the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will begin later this year.
Canada to negotiate free-trade deal with Caribbean
19-Jul-2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to announce that Canada will begin negotiating a free-trade agreement with the 15 countries of the Caribbean Community.
Canadian and Colombian labour jointly reject trade talks
18-Jul-2007
In a joint statement, the largest labour federations in Canada and Colombia reject the announced trade negotiations between Canada, Colombia and Peru as “an extreme free-market trade and investment model which guarantees the rights of investors over the human, social, economic, cultural and labour rights of its citizens.”
Saying no to free trade
18-Jul-2007
The US Congress has postponed discussion of free-trade agreements (FTAs) signed with Peru and Panama for several months, while indicating that it will not consider the accord with Colombia at all at this time. This represents a huge setback for the Colombian government of President Alvaro Uribe, who has invested much political capital in his strong alliance with Washington and in promoting a bilateral trade agreement.
Chile, Canada expand free trade pact
18-Jul-2007 Forbes
Canada and Chile marked the 10th anniversary of their free trade agreement Tuesday, vowing to expand the accord to financial services and other areas.
Canada can help counter Chavez’s mischief
17-Jul-2007
As Prime Minister Stephen Harper departs upon his first official visit to Latin America this weekend, he will likely make a better impression than did Pierre Trudeau on his own visit to South America.
Canada steps into void left by US-Colombia rift
16-Jul-2007
Canada started trade talks with Colombia on Monday and pledged full support for President Alvaro Uribe, who has seen his key bilateral relationship with the United States bog down in a scandal over human rights.
Free trade, human rights top Harper’s Colombian agenda
16-Jul-2007
Free trade talks, human rights and Colombia’s efforts to end its decades-old civil war will top the agenda today as Prime Minister Stephen Harper gets down to business on the first stop on his four-nation tour of Latin America and the Caribbean.