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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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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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Migrant Workers and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
A regulatory impact analysis of the TPP’s temporary entry provisions Download 735.14 KB 32 pages This study investigates the TPP’s chapter on “temporary entry for…
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Trans-Pacific Partnership expands migrant worker regime: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—As parliamentary consultations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) begin, a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)…
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CETA investment reforms won’t prevent corporate attacks on health and environment
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung (German Forum on Environment & Development) and the Transnational Institute…
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Investment Court System Put to the Test
New EU proposal will perpetuate investors’ attacks on health and environment Download 440.22 KB36 pages This study examines the reforms to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)…
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Making Sense of the TPP
“Making Sense of the TPP,” a public event in Ottawa on April 1, 2016, featured presentations from Dr. Joseph Stiglitz, Scott Sinclair (CCPA), Megan Sali…
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Hunt for mythical internal trade barriers continues in Ottawa
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The TPP and Cultural Diversity
Download 528.91 KB20 pages This study questions why Canada agreed to weaker protections for culture and cultural industries in the TPP than in other trade…
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TPP undermines Canadian cultural policy and global efforts to promote cultural diversity: study
Read the full report here. A new study on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) questions why…
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Bait-and-Switch
The Trans-Pacific Partnership’s Promised Environmental Protections Do Not Deliver Download 524.58 KB 22 pages This study investigates the TPP’s environment chapter and finds, despite official…
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Government wants your input on the TPP
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CETA investment reforms come up short
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