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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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Time to draw a line in the sand
NAFTA and the softwood lumber dispute In the lead-up to the NAFTA leaders’ meeting in Waco Texas, former free trade negotiator Gordon Ritchie called on…
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Time to Draw a Line in the Sand
NAFTA and the Softwood Lumber Dispute Download 285.23 KB
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Time to draw a line in the sand on the softwood lumber dispute—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—It’s time to play hardball with the US Administration on the long-running softwood lumber dispute, says a report…
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FTAA negotiations stalled, but U.S. negotiating efforts intensifying–study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT With the January 1, 2005 deadline for concluding a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) over, hemispheric…
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Divide and Conquer: The FTAA, U.S. Trade Strategy and Public Services in the Americas
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The GATS US-Gambling Decision
A Wakeup Call for WTO Members Download 593.82 KB10 pages
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Public delivery of health services best defence against possible trade challenges, Romanow Commission experts conclude
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA–Public, not-for-profit delivery of new and expanded health services, together with clear national goals, will minimize the risk of trade…
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Putting Health First
Canadian Health Care Reform in a Globalizing World Download 63.66 KB 348 pages This collection brings together research reports prepared for the Romanow Commission by…
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Trade treaty ‘chill’: New Brunswick abandons public auto insurance in face of trade treaty threats
OTTAWA–A study released today concludes that the New Brunswick government should have proceeded with public auto insurance, despite threats from the foreign insurance industry to…
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