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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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Canada-EU trade deal will result in job losses, lower wages, and worse inequality
In Europe this weekend over 100,000 people are expected to protest the proposed Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). They are the latest in a series…
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CETA investment reforms come up short
New regulations apply the same flawed and biased investor protection rules that exist under the current ISDS regime Earlier this year, International Trade Minister Chrystia…
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TPP poses unnecessary risks to Canada’s postal services: report
Ottawa—A new assessment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership by two legal experts finds that the trade agreement’s provisions related to mail delivery and courier services pose…
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Signed, Sealed and Delivered?
The TPP and Canada’s public postal service Download 458.72 KB 16 pages This study assesses the provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) related to mail…
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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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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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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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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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