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Having received the blessing of US Congress on October 9th, Canada will take its seat at the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiating table in New Zealand on December 3rd for the 15th round of negotiations towards what is being dubbed a “next generation 21st century trade agreement”. Some progress has been made in areas such as market [...]

In an interview with World Politics Review,  Laura Dawson argues that Canada’s admission to the Trans-Pacific Partnership is still uncertain. Canada passed up the opportunity to join the negotiations in 2005 when the partnership included only four members.  Once the U.S. entered the negotiations, TPP became a much more important agreement to Canada. In November [...]

Canada is currently losing its position as a beacon for FDI. Between 1995 and 2004, FDI was equal to about 15 percent of domestic business investment, but that has now fallen to about seven percent. Key to our long-term success is a predictable, stable environment for investment and business development that starts with neutral depoliticized [...]

The rules and commitments of the TransPacific Partnership Agreement will extend far beyond that of any existing multilateral free trade agreement, essentially re-defining the rules of global trade. Canada needs a seat at negotiations toward this ‘new generation’ agreement in order to reap the full benefits of doing business with the emerging powerhouse economies of [...]

As the clock ticks down on the Canada-US Beyond the Border and Regulatory Cooperation initiatives, businesses and interest groups are taking advantage of the public comment process to influence the governmental agendas for these programs.  The US sought comments on regulatory cooperation through a Federal Register notice while Canada established a dedicated consultation website.  Both of [...]

Recent research by the World Bank confirms that small businesses are the largest provider of jobs in developing countries but inadequate access to finance is one of the biggest obstacles to small business growth. In Canada and the United States, small businesses use many different sorts of collateral – equipment, inventories, accounts receivable – as security [...]

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