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EU economic partnership deal years away, officials predict
22-Oct-2008
While negotiations for a wide-ranging economic agreement between Canada and the European Union are slated to begin early in the new year, officials and experts warn that successfully inking a deal is still years away.
Sarkozy upbeat on trade pact
19-Oct-2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, declaring his love for Canada and touting his use of the Canadian model as an inspiration to reform France, says today’s Quebec City summit with Prime Minister Stephen Harper will result in a "decisive impetus" toward an "ambitious" economic partnership agreement between Canada and the European Union.
Canada and Europe ponder trade pact
18-Oct-2008 NY Times
Canada’s prime minister, Stephen Harper, and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, who is the president of the European Union as well, are expected to sign an agreement for preliminary negotiations meant to create a trade pact between Canada and Europe that would be even more sweeping than the North American Free Trade Agreement.
CAW calls for a halt to Korean free trade agreement
14-Oct-2008 Chatham Daily News
"Regardless of who is in power federally, we cannot afford a free trade agreement with Korea," Canadian Auto Workers member Mike Byrne said, noting Korea sold 130,000 vehicles in Canada in 2005 and Canada sold 400 vehicles in Korea that same year.
Silence surrounds trade issues
10-Oct-2008
The trade landscape in Canada could shift rapidly and radically after next week’s election.
Food safety, free trade and the election
8-Oct-2008 The Star
What does food safety have to do with free trade? A great deal, argues Common Frontiers, a Canadian group critical of the trend towards economic integration — harmonization, as it’s politely put — of standards under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Vietnam, Canada discuss bilateral investment pact
6-Oct-2008 Thanh Nien News
Hanoi has requested Canada to consider Vietnam a developing country and limit its requirements within current international treaties while negotiating a bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement.
EU-Canada free trade could change US-Canada relations
21-Sep-2008 Epoch Times
Canada is moving toward a far-reaching free trade agreement with the European Union that advocates say will end a long-standing dependency on the US market.
Caterpillar hoping for US-Colombia free trade agreement
21-Sep-2008 Colombia Reports
Coal mines in Colombia may not become the gold mines they could have been for Caterpillar Inc should a stalled US-Colombia free trade agreement fail to progress through Congress.
Canada-EU trade proposal rivals scope of NAFTA
20-Sep-2008
Canadian and European officials say they plan to begin negotiating a massive agreement to integrate Canada’s economy with the 27 nations of the European Union, with preliminary talks to be launched at an Oct. 17 summit in Montreal three days after the federal election.
Uruguay favors more trade accords, with or without Mercosur
15-Sep-2008 MercoPress
Uruguay formally proposed its Mercosur partners to begin a round of negotiations geared to reach trade agreements with the European Union, United States, South Korea and Canada.
’Canada to focus on free trade pact with India’
9-Sep-2008 Business Today
Calling his country’s backing for India in getting the waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) last week a "turning point" in bilateral ties, Canadian foreign affairs parliamentary secretary Deepak Obhrai has said his country will now focus on a free trade agreement with New Delhi.
Canada and Jordan reach free trade pact
27-Aug-2008 Forbes
The Canadian government said Tuesday it had wrapped up free trade negotiations with Jordan, along with parallel labor and environment agreements.
Labour leaders report back: No to Colombia FTA
11-Aug-2008 rabble
We visited Colombia from July 18-25 on behalf of one million Canadian public sector workers. Our mission was to see for ourselves whether our opposition to the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement was justified. What we saw and learned confirmed that we are right to oppose this deal and to speak out against it on behalf of Colombian workers and their families.
CARICOM and Canada to hold trade talks
9-Aug-2008
Negotiations for a new trade agreement between the Caribbean and Canada should start in October.
Colombia deal side agreements under microscope
6-Aug-2008 Embassy Magazine
With the Canada-Colombia deal done, but the text still kept secret, some say that the provisions on labour and the environment at least establish a record of commitment, while others say that without enforceable complaint mechanisms the side agreements amount to little more than lip service.
‘Increased foreign investment will not lift all boats’
6-Aug-2008
Paul Moist, the President of Canada’s largest union, expressed concern about a free trade deal between Canada and Colombia during a recent meeting with Fabio Valencio, Colombia’s Minister of the Interior.
Jordan, Canada to sign joint free trade agreement
6-Aug-2008
Jordan and Canada will initially sign a joint free trade agreement at the end of this month and will be officially approved by the end of this year, Jordanian General Secretariat for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Muntaser Al-Aqla said on Tuesday.
Canada to turn to bilateral agreements after WTO trade talks collapse
29-Jul-2008 Canadian Press
The federal government says it will aggressively go after bilateral trade deals with other countries after the collapse of nine days of talks on a comprehensive global trade agreement.
Free trade: A baby step to the south
28-Jul-2008
When Canada concluded free trade talks with Colombia in June, the announcement came in the form of a release on a Saturday. But burying news of the deal on a weekend hasn’t stopped a storm of protest. In Ottawa, the opposition blasted the government for reaching an FTA (whose ratification will likely take months) without waiting for an assessment report from the Commons trade committee, whose members recently travelled to Colombia - a country that has been plagued by drug trafficking, paramilitary death squads and other forms of strife.