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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.
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.
Canada won’t realize the benefits negotiated under CETA until it allows imports of beef produced in the EU, which is still banned due to BSE. This is a concession the EU will also press the US to make in the TTIP, says the US beef industry.
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.
"Technical summary of final negotiated outcomes" tabled by the Canadian government in parliament
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.
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.
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.
Should the "right" of a foreign corporation to make a profit trump governments' attempts to create local jobs, improve environmental regulations or establish laws that raise royalty rates? Most Canadians would say no. But that's what their government is pushing poor countries to accept if they want Canadian investment.
Chilean and Canadian officials announced the expansion of their existing free trade agreement Monday. Among other changes, the agreement now includes a chapter which extends free trade rights to the financial services sector.
