Canada


MPs divided on Canada-Colombia trade agreement
Increasing trade between Canada and Colombia would help fight drug traffickers and improve human rights in the South American country, says Saskatchewan MP Brad Trost. But critics say the country’s poor human-rights record should put any free-trade plans on hold.
Canada-EU deal will affect more than trade
It’s unsettling to know that even on the heels of the recent free-trade themed Canada-EU summit in Brussels, most Canadians haven’t a clue that our federal and provincial governments are negotiating with the European Union what could be the largest, most significant bilateral trade deal in history.
Saskatchewan joins B.C., Alberta in interprovincial free trade market
British Columbia and Alberta have signed an economic partnership with Saskatchewan that creates Canada’s biggest interprovincial free trade market and is designed to promote trade with Asia.
Panama, Canada To Sign Free Trade Agreement
Panama's Commerce and Industry Minister Roberto Henriquez will fly to Toronto, Canada, to sign on May 14 a free trade agreement.
Free trade with Europe?
Canadian critics of the EU free trade deal believe that Harper’s real aim in the negotiations is to get rid of barriers to free trade within Canada.
Canada will resist EU demands in trade agreement talks
The Canadian government will resist pressure from European Union trade negotiators to open the domestic dairy and poultry markets to European product in talks on a free trade agreement, the country's number-two agriculture minister said May 3.
Canada may gain as US delays Colombia agreement
Colombian Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata said Canadian exporters may gain as US lawmakers delay approval of a free-trade agreement with the Latin American country.
Big stakes in Canada-Europe trade talks, but little attention
It may well be the biggest and most important trade negotiation that most Canadians have never heard of.
Malaysia and Canada may join TPP trolley
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) train begins to chug along the track a little faster, more countries are signaling that they want to jump on the bandwagon. Last month Colombia indicated its interest in joining the TPP talks and now Malaysia and Canada are doing the same.
Colombia-Canada FTA in final stages
Colombia's minister of trade, industry and tourism, Luis Guillermo Plata, announced Tuesday that the country has reached the "final stages" of negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with Canada, reports Caracol Radio.