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Canada
In coming days, Canadian and European officials will intensify negotiations on a new trade agreement most Canadians have never heard of, warns Maude Barlow.
Free-trade talks between Canada and the European Union will enter a crucial phase early next year, when the provinces will be asked to clarify where they stand on opening their procurement contracts to foreign bidders — a potential dealbreaker for the Europeans.
Talks for a Canada-Europe trade deal haven't attracted the kind of clamour that surrounded free trade with the United States in 1988, but the Europeans do have a wish list that includes some of Canada's sacred cows: They want exemptions from our foreign-investment restrictions.
It appears the Europeans are increasingly warming up to a Canadian demand that closely resembles the Chapter 11 clause in the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Canadian companies risk losing ground in South Korea now that both the United States and the European Union have sealed free-trade deals with the Asian export powerhouse.
Terry Boehm is having a busy week.
The president of the National Farmers' Union (NFU) just returned on Tuesday from a trip overseas, landing at the forefront of the NFU's 41st annual convention, which starts today in Saskatoon. About 250 people from across the country are expected to attend the yearly event, which covers a range of issues from free trade to green initiatives.
With the upcoming meeting of the Committee on Internal Trade (CIT) ministers in Saskatoon on December 3, a wide cross-section of Canadian civil society groups are urging governments to deny corporations the right to sue the provinces and territories under the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) as requested by a coalition of business groups this week.
The implementing legislation for the Jordanian-Canadian Free Trade Agreement (FTA) - and the side agreements on environment and labour - is currently in the final stages of approval in the Canadian parliament, according to Canada's ambassador in Amman.
Canadian beef exporters have won access to European meat markets after a landmark trade deal between Ottawa and the EU.
The Harper government is eyeing a new Asia-Pacific economic block — the Trans-Pacific Partnership — and may be willing to negotiate aspects of Canada's supply management system for certain farm products in order to get in.
