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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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CETA or sustainable growth: it’s time to choose
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As CETA comes into force provisionally, new cautions from Europe
Earlier this year, the Liberal government passed legislation in the House of Commons that paved the way for the full ratification of the Canada–EU Comprehensive…
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Is progressive free trade a pipe dream?
Can the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) be redesigned as a progressive trade deal? Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland seems to think so. Under…
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Could NAFTA ban “right to work” laws? It’s a worthy idea.
U.S. President Trump claims to support a “fair” new framework for North American trade that puts American workers first. Understandably, this has sparked demands for…
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What to make of Canada’s priorities for the NAFTA renegotiation?
PM Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Freeland meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in May (PMO photo by Adam Scotti).
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Politics, not trade, behind Canada’s reversal on Israeli wine labelling decision
Earlier this month, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) ruled that wines made in the occupied territories of the West Bank could not be labelled…
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Can NAFTA be fixed? Six modest proposals
The Trump administration’s long-running NAFTA drama took centre stage this week as the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released its objectives for the impending renegotiation—and it…
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Renegotiating NAFTA
CCPA submission to Global Affairs Canada on the renegotiation and modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement Download 230.21 KB27 pages Global Affairs Canada…
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Trump embraces the NAFTA disaster
Trump signs an executive order to withdraw the United States from the TPP, January 23, 2017 (White House)
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Populism ascending
Photo of Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore. Donald Trump was still about two weeks away from winning the U.S. presidency when The Populist Explosion was…
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TiSA Troubles
Services, democracy and corporate rule in the Trump era Download 3.6 MB48 pages This study, co-published with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, examines the adverse impacts…
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Cost to Canada if Trump administration terminates NAFTA would be “modest,” not disastrous: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—New research from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives reveals that a potential U.S. withdrawal from the North…
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