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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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Is Canada prepared to ignore alarming human rights violations to advance a controversial free trade agreement with Ecuador?
3-Nov-2025     The Hill Times
The Canadian government must not remain indifferent to the bloodshed and the incontrovertible reality of a grave human rights crisis in Ecuador.
Canada nears free trade pact with ASEAN, says Prime Minister Carney
30-Oct-2025     Market Screener
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country is working to finalize a new free trade agreement with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Canadian ranchers want UK trade deal terminated
24-Oct-2025     CBC
British government has been blocking Canadian meat exports since walking away from negotiating table.
Indonesia-Canada CEPA is not the rules-based trade we need
2-Oct-2025     CCPA
Free trade deal is a gift to mining and fossil fuel companies but sidelines human rights and industrial development.
Will Canadian companies respond to widescale public dissent by threatening to sue?
30-Sep-2025     Common Frontiers
Tens of thousands of people took to the street in a nationwide strike opposing various Canadian-owned mining projects while the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement could be tabled any day now.
Cancel the Canada-Israel free trade agreement
17-Sep-2025     CJPME
The Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement treats Palestinian land as though it were “Israeli,” rewarding illegal settlements and giving cover to Israel’s ceaseless colonial expansion.
Canada needs to reset its free trade plans with Ecuador
22-Jul-2025     The Hill Times
Human rights, not corporate rights, should drive international trade relations under this new government.
Canada eyes Mercosur trade pact to reduce US reliance, minister says
18-Jul-2025     Reuters
Canada's International Trade Minister said that there was interest from both sides to advance trade talks with South American bloc Mercosur, as Ottawa seeks new deals in a push to diversify from the US.
Canada hopes to seal Asean trade deal soon
11-Jul-2025     Bangkok Post
Canada’s top diplomat says she aims to finalise a free trade agreement with Southeast Asian nations “as soon as possible,” as the country looks to expand economic ties in the face of tariffs from President Donald Trump.
Over 280 Ecuadorian and international organizations speak out against the criminalization and violence against environmental defenders resisting Canadian mining
4-Jul-2025     Mining Watch
This criminalization and violence is occurring while Ecuador and Canada seek to ratify a free trade agreement that will only increase Canadian mining investment in the country.