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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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Trading Away Democracy
How CETA’s Investor Protection Rules Threaten the Public Good in Canada and the EU Download 877.87 KB20 pages This study warns that controversial investor protection…
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Making Sense of the CETA
An analysis of the final text of the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Download 3.57 MB 128 pages This report demonstrates in detail…
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Making Sense of the CETA
First assessment of complete Canada–EU trade deal questions benefits, highlights imbalances in negotiated outcome READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—A new analysis of the recently…
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Investor-State Dispute Settlement in the TTIP and CETA
Submission to the European Commission’s Public Consultation Download 337.99 KB20 pages One of the most controversial elements of modern trade treaties is the investor-state dispute…
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Why workers should unite against Canada’s next-generation trade deals
(This article was first published by Rabble.ca as part of the Up! Canadian Labour Rising series.) The Harper government has made new trade and investment agreements…
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How German Opposition Could Sink a Major Canadian Trade Pact
Furor over mechanism allowing foreign investors to sue states could sap CETA. Originally published June 20, 2014 on TheTyee.ca Editor’s note: The Canadian Centre for…
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Secret trade negotiations undermine public services: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—A proposed new trade agreement could undermine public services by locking in privatization, says a study released today by the…
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TISA versus Public Services
The Trade in Services Agreement and the Corporate Agenda Download 604.48 KB26 pages This study examines the adverse impacts on public services and public interest…
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Korea Free Trade Agreement: What’s in it For Canada?
There is little question that economic power has shifted from Europe and North America to Asia. But it does not follow that the neoliberal philosophy…
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CETA trade deal still shrouded in tight secrecy
After nearly five years of negotiations, the details of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) remain shrouded in secrecy. In October, Prime…
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Keeping green energy local and public
The Ontario Green Energy Act was a creative effort to reduce the impacts of climate change and revitalize a faltering provincial economy. Though the Ontario…
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Beware trade-deal trade-offs for Nova Scotia
The federal Standing Committee on International Trade will be in Halifax next week to hold hearings on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)…
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