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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 trouble with the TPP’s copyright rules
Download 460.89 KB18 pages This study discusses how the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s intellectual property provisions would dramatically alter the balance between the interests of copyright owners…
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Trans-Pacific Partnership undermines Canada’s copyright balance, Internet users: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Ottawa—A new study by one of Canada’s leading copyright experts finds that the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s proposed intellectual property provisions would…
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Does the TPP Work for Workers?
Analyzing the labour chapter of the TPP Download 377.8 KB20 pages This study examines the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s labour chapter and finds it cannot adequately protect,…
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Trans-Pacific Partnership does not live up to labour promises: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – Far from being a pro-labour trade deal, as the Canadian and U.S. governments claim, a new study from…
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The Devil is in the Details
The TPP’s Impact on the Canadian Automotive Industry Download 732.76 KB26 pages This study examines the potential impacts of the TPP on the Canadian automotive…
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Trans-Pacific Partnership will hurt Canadian auto industry: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – As global debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) intensifies, a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy…
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Trade committee hears big risks outweigh small rewards in TPP
I appeared yesterday at the parliamentary committee on international trade alongside Hassan Yussuff and Angella MacEwan (Canadian Labour Congress), Gus Van Harten (who just released a…
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TPP delivers unjustified benefits to foreign investors at public expense: study
OTTAWA—The expanded rights granted to foreign investors in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) carry major risks for voters and taxpayers in TPP countries, says a study…
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Foreign investor protections in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Download 415.8 KB 20 pages This study examines the special privileges, enforced through investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), which would be given to foreign investors under…
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TPP could worsen Canada’s trade balance, undermine job-intensive sectors: study
OTTAWA – In the midst of the federal government’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) consultations, a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) sheds…
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Le PTP pourrait entraîner une détérioration de la balance commerciale du Canada et affaiblir les secteurs à forte intensité de main-d’œuvre, selon une étude
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA – Pendant les consultations que mène le gouvernement fédéral sur le Partenariat transpacifique (PTP), une nouvelle étude du…
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Le PTP et l’impact de l’élimination des tarifs sur le commerce canadien
Download 806.76 KB 28 pages Dans le cadre de cette étude, nous évaluons les avantages et les risques potentiels pour le Canada selon la suppression…
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