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Trade and Investment Research Project
Expert research on international trade and investment treaties and globalization
The Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP) is an independently funded project administered by the CCPA. TIRP pools the trade policy research resources and expertise of Canadian non-governmental organizations from a variety of sectors. It produces expert research on a wide range of important trade and investment policy issues.
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The US wants a NAFTA deal this month; Canada should say no
Lighthizer, Guajardo and Freeland feeling the NAFTA love in April.For the past four weeks, NAFTA negotiators in Washington, D.C., have been working around the clock…
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Is Canada taking a fossilized approach to energy in new NAFTA?
Prime Minister Trudeau accepts an award for his energy and environment policies at the 2017 CERAWeek energy industry conference in Houston, Texas (Global News screen…
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A detailed look at the new, decidedly not-so-progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership
Protesters in New Zealand cement their feet in concrete to protest CPTPP. (Source: NewsHub)
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NAFTA lawsuits cost Canada almost $100 million more than previously estimated: report
OTTAWA – The federal government has spent more than $95 million in unrecoverable legal fees defending the ballooning number of investor-state lawsuits filed against Canada…
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Canada’s Track Record Under NAFTA Chapter 11
North American Investor-State Disputes to January 2018 Download 748.3 KB 48 pages The CCPA maintains and regularly updates a list of all investor-state dispute settlement…
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CCPA comments on the Omnitrax NAFTA lawsuit
Senior Trade Fellow Scott Sinclair, who directs the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project, spoke to CBC Manitoba’s Ismaila Alfa on November 14 about Omnitrax’s…
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CETA or sustainable growth: it’s time to choose
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As CETA comes into force provisionally, new cautions from Europe
Earlier this year, the Liberal government passed legislation in the House of Commons that paved the way for the full ratification of the Canada–EU Comprehensive…
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Is progressive free trade a pipe dream?
Can the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) be redesigned as a progressive trade deal? Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland seems to think so. Under…
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Could NAFTA ban “right to work” laws? It’s a worthy idea.
U.S. President Trump claims to support a “fair” new framework for North American trade that puts American workers first. Understandably, this has sparked demands for…
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What to make of Canada’s priorities for the NAFTA renegotiation?
PM Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Freeland meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in May (PMO photo by Adam Scotti).
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Politics, not trade, behind Canada’s reversal on Israeli wine labelling decision
Earlier this month, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) ruled that wines made in the occupied territories of the West Bank could not be labelled…
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