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Canada said on Saturday it had wrapped up free trade negotiations with Colombia and reached agreement on related labor and environmental issues, but the deal could raise criticism from opposition lawmakers concerned about the Andean country's human rights record.
"What we would really like is a [free trade agreement] and the government of Canada has called for one," Canadian Ambassador to Japan Joseph Caron told a Vancouver Board of Trade meeting, noting the Japanese have not yet given an official positive response to possible free trade discussions.
On May 5th, 2008 Canada's Trade Minister, David Emerson, proudly declared that Canada is "very close" to concluding free trade negotiations with Colombia. Canada's push into Colombia is part of its broader interest and growing economic influence in Latin America going back to the 1990s.
Peru has signed free-trade agreements with Canada and Singapore in a move to broaden its relations with other countries worldwide.
The prospect of losing control of water under free-trade or other agreements is something Canadians seem to worry about constantly.
Peru, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, will sign free-trade deals with Canada and Singapore next Thursday announced President Alan Garcia.
After years of exploring the feasibility of a free trade agreement with the European Union, Canadian politicians and officials are now turning their attention to the next Canada-EU summit, in Montreal in October, as the venue for finally launching official talks.
NAFTA was meant to deliver timely, unfettered access to Canada's biggest trading partner. Instead, delays are longer, costs are higher, and business models are breaking down, Barrie McKenna writes
A group of Canadian MPs travelled to Colombia Monday to get a first-hand look at one of the hemisphere's most volatile countries before Ottawa finalizes a free trade deal with its government.
