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Canada
Canada’s Conservative government is taking heat after Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet quietly ratified a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with China after sitting on it for two years during which it was strongly criticized and protested.
"This isn't a matter of the big bad Chinese coming and throwing oil all over our beavers and mounties, this is about (for the ten trillionth time in this country's history) a fundamental disrespect for First Nations people, upon whose land we are developing a multi-billion dollar energy extraction industry."
Divisions were evident in a European Parliament (EP) debate Wednesday on a proposed trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada.
Danish companies -- such as pharmaceutical giant Novo-Nordisk, who will get expanded patent protection in Canada -- see huge opportunities for boosting their revenues through CETA.
Canada’s trade minister Ed Fast is scheduled to visit India next month to hold discussions with Nirmala Sitharaman to end the CEPA deadlock
Despite public outcry, Stephen Harper, Canada’s prime minister, ratified a controversial treaty on Friday that will allow China to sue Canada in secret tribunals to repeal Canadian laws that interfere with Chinese investments.
Sources tell CBC the federal government will quietly announce it is ratifying the investment treaty later this afternoon.
The survival of the new trade deal hammered out in secret between Canada and the European Union is threatened by opposed Green politicians in Germany's most populated state, writes Andrea Rexer.
European Citizens’ Initiative against TTIP rejected / Alliance announces resistance
