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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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Trans-Pacific Partnership a big win for corporate interests
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Should Canada be completing a trade deal in the middle of an election?
The Obama administration is pulling out all the stops to wrap up the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations this week. Trade ministers, including Canada’s Ed Fast,…
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What’s the big deal? The high stakes of TPP
On September 29, Dairy farmers from eastern Ontario took their tractors to protest on Parliament Hill.
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Canadian corporations abuse investment treaties, bully governments into environmental backtrack: study
Canadian investors have exploited a controversial mechanism in international investment treaties to challenge public interest regulations in 24 different countries, according to a study released…
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A Losing Proposition
The Failure of Canadian ISDS Policy at Home and Abroad Download 1.48 MB 62 pages This report documents the 55 known cases of Canadian investors…
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TPP Shakedown in Maui
A shakedown is defined as extortion by means of force, threats, or intimidation. That’s a pretty accurate description of what’s now happening in Hawaii to…
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TPP Deal Puts BC’s Privacy Laws in the Crosshairs
British Columbia’s privacy laws are in the crosshairs of the nearly completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. If you’re wondering what the heck data privacy protections…
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The implications for Canada of a fast-tracked Trans-Pacific Partnership
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations slouch toward an agreement, supporters have cranked the volume on their praise for what is sometimes called the “NAFTA…
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The TPP and Canada
Download 138.09 KB4 pages This 4-page fact sheet provides readers with background on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-country trade and investment treaty negotiation that…
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Le PTP et le Canada
Download 149.75 KB5 pages Cette fiche d’information fournit des renseignements sur le Partenariat Transpacifique (PTP), un accord de commerce et d’investissement que douze pays négocient…
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Modern free trade era produced slower growth and greater income inequality: study
OTTAWA—The defining features of the Canadian economy during the NAFTA era have been slower GDP growth, a surge in corporate concentration, and heightened income inequality,…
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Ascent of Giants
NAFTA, Corporate Power and the Growing Income Gap Download 1.38 MB 64 pages This study looks at trade and investment trends, merger and acquisition activity,…
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