Canada

Canada has signed free trade agreements with the US, the US-and-Mexico (NAFTA), Costa Rica, Chile, Israel, Colombia, Peru and EFTA. It has also concluded talks with Jordan.

The government has also signed an Economic Framework Agreement with Japan and about 25 bilateral investment treaties.

Ottawa is currently in bilateral trade deal talks, or in the process of considering them, with Korea, Singapore, India, the so-called "Central America Four" (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua), the Dominican Republic, the Andean Community, CARICOM, Morocco and the EU (CETA).

last update: May 2012

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See also

First Nations puts China on notice over Canada-China FIPA

23-Oct-2014 rabble.ca

Both the Hupacasath First Nation and the Onihcikiskwapowin have sent letters to the Premier of China stating that they do not recognise the bilateral investment treaty signed between Canada and China.

Hupacasath First Nation puts China on notice over FIPA

16-Oct-2014 Vancouver Observer

The Hupacasath First Nation put the Chinese government on notice today, stating it does not acknowledge the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) ratified by Prime Minister Stephen Harper last month.

FIPA undermines sovereignty of Canada, First Nations

14-Oct-2014 Digital Journal

Don Davies, Canadian Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party, discusses the approval of the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) and its future impact on Canada and First Nations.

Six steps to protect Canadians from flaws in China trade deal

1-Oct-2014 The Tyee

Trade treaty expert Van Harten lays out ways FIPA governments can 'disclose, monitor, and limit the harm done by this treaty.'

China deal trumps Province, First Nations on energy projects: treaty expert

24-Sep-2014 The Tyee

The controversial Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPPA), which the Harper government signed into effect without parliamentary debate, "means that any B.C. government or legislature or courts would now be subject to obligations arranged by the federal government and China under the treaty," says Osgoode Law School professor Gus Van Harten.

Questions linger over controversial Canada-China trade deal

19-Sep-2014 Epoch Times

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.

Canada’s secretive treaty with China further diminishes aboriginal rights

18-Sep-2014 VICE Canada

"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."

New treaty allows China to sue Canada to change its laws

16-Sep-2014 Newsweek

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.

Harper OKs Canada-China foreign investment deal after lengthy delay

12-Sep-2014 CBC

Sources tell CBC the federal government will quietly announce it is ratifying the investment treaty later this afternoon.

TransPacific Partnership deal elusive as talks set for Ottawa

1-Jul-2014 Canadian Press

This week, hundreds of negotiators from 11 Asia-Pacific countries descend on Ottawa as part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, viewed as the next big free trade deal after the European pact known as CETA.

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