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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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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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Saving the Green Economy
Ontario’s Green Energy Act and the WTO Download 416.21 KB28 pages This study examines the WTO ruling on Ontario’s Green Energy Act, its implications, and options…
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Ontario can overcome “regrettable” WTO ruling on Green Energy Act: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that the Ontario Green Energy Act’s local content requirements conflict with…
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L’AECG mènera à une hausse du coût des médicaments
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Ottawa—L’Accord économique et commercial global entre le Canada et l’Union européenne (AECG) mènera à une hausse significative du…
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CETA and Pharmaceuticals
Impact of the trade agreement between Europe and Canada on the costs of patented drugs Download 148.17 KB 7 pages This study finds that the Comprehensive…
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CETA will result in higher drug costs for Canadians: study
OTTAWA—The Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) will result in significantly higher drug costs for Canadians, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre…
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Ten questions about the CETA
After weeks of rumours, it’s now official: the CETA talks have produced an “agreement-in-principle”. This proposed treaty is about far more than simply trade. It…
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Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade Download 137.9 KB 6 pages CCPA Senior Research Fellow testified to the House of…
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The EU wants a wide-open banking system. We should say no.
The stakes are high in the last stages of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) talks, yet there remains a serious lack of…
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