Canada


Libre-échange Canada-UE: les négociations pourraient être prolongées d'une année
L'ambassadeur de l'Union européenne au Canada a indiqué lundi que bien que les négociations en vue de conclure un accord de libre-échange entre les deux régions soient entrées dans leur phase finale, les problèmes les plus épineux n'ont toujours pas été résolus.
Resistance grows to EU-Canada trade deal
Canadian trade negotiators will arrive in Brussels on Monday (15 October) amid an increasingly intense domestic debate about the value of the free-trade deal.
Free-trade agreement with Canada to open up new markets in Jordan
Mohammed Abu Hassan owns a small shoe factory in the Sahab Industrial Zone on the eastern edge of Jordan’s capital, Amman. He is struggling to keep his factory open and is worried that the government's new FTA with Canada could put him out of business.
Do the Canada-EU CETA negotiations have a new sugar problem?
Long the bête noire of Canadian trade policy, the supply managed dairy and poultry industries might have some new company.
Canada joins Trans-Pacific trade talks, seeks markets outside US
Seeking to reduce its reliance on the sluggish U.S. market, Canada has formally joined 10 other nations in talks on creating an Asia Pacific free trade agreement, the government said on Tuesday.
Did this historic trade deal help Canada? No
There’s no denying that foreign trade has been the biggest drag on Canada’s economic performance in recent years. Our exports (in real terms) are smaller than way back in 2000, and our balance of payments is mired in record deficit. So it was especially ironic last week to watch business and Conservative leaders pull out the stops to toast the silver anniversary of the Canada-U.S. free-trade agreement.
Canada and the European Union moving closer to free-trade agreement
Are you fed up with the sorry state of Quebec’s taxpayer-funded roads and highways? Disgusted by widespread allegations of corruption and collusion in the province’s construction industry? Shocked at the kickbacks that organized crime is said to demand to get things built in this province?
Tarnished anniversary: Why the free-trade deal didn’t deliver
Twenty-five years ago this week, the signing of the Canada – U.S. free-trade agreement (FTA) sparked one of the most passionate political debates in Canadian history.
US pharma companies could be real beneficiaries of Canada-EU trade deal
Although the EU is asking Canada to change its patent regime, it is not possible to do so just for the EU. The actual beneficiaries would be all of the world’s brand-name companies. Of the world’s top 12 health care companies by revenue only three or four are resident in the EU.
Tories hope to work with PQ on its free-trade concerns
International Trade Minister Ed Fast says he expects the federal government will collaborate with a new Parti Québécois government that has serious concerns with the Canada-EU free trade deal, and he remains hopeful the agreement will be competed this year.