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Canada strikes TPP side deals on autos with Japan, Malaysia

Canada announced Tuesday that it had reached side agreements on autos with Japan and Malaysia as part of negotiations for the new Trans-Pacific Partnership, though it refuted claims that the deal would impact NAFTA talks. “To provide market access for Canadian auto exports to Japan, Canada reached an agreement on auto standards with Japan that brings into effect important commitments on automotive standards and regulations that Japan made to the U.S. and Canada in the original TPP, but which Canada...

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183 lawmakers tell Lighthizer NAFTA labor rules must be binding, address low Mexican wages


TPP-11 countries to sign a final deal in March; Canada, Vietnam strike side deals

A year to the day after President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the pact, the 11 remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership countries have concluded negotiations in Tokyo for an agreement on their own, though some thorny issues have been pushed to side deals. “Today, I am pleased to announce that Canada and the 10 other remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership concluded discussions in Tokyo, Japan, on a new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP),” François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s...

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Canada's statement on the conclusion of the CPTPP, background paper on side deals


Study: 1.8 million jobs would be lost immediately if NAFTA ends

Killing NAFTA would kill nearly two million jobs right away, according to a new study commissioned by the Business Roundtable . Conducted by Trade Partnership Worldwide, a consultancy, and published today, the study's authors write that they used a methodology designed to “capture the full impacts (both positive and negative; direct and indirect) across the U.S. and international economies.” The conclusion: Terminating NAFTA would have “significant net negative impacts on the U.S. economy and U.S. employment, particularly over the immediate...

Reports: TPP countries, including Canada, agree on a deal

The 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership countries have addressed the last few thorny issues and agreed to a deal, according to reports out of Japan. The Wall Street Journal , citing the Japanese minister leading the TPP-11 talks, says Canada's objections have been eased and the deal is on track to be signed on March 8 in Chile . More: Among Canada’s issues was its desire for an exemption that it said was needed to protect Canadian cultural products from the effects...

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In letter to Ross, Lawmakers call Colombian 'reference price system' a trade barrier for U.S. textile producers


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Academics, civil society groups urge NAFTA negotiators to include intermediary liability protections in new deal


Champagne: Canada will not back down on NAFTA as sixth round starts

MONTREAL – Canada will stand its ground and protect its industries and workers at the NAFTA negotiating table, but it also will seek “creative” ways to bridge gaps in the most difficult areas of the talks, Canada’s Minister of International Trade François-Philippe Champagne said here on Monday morning a day before the sixth round of talks begins officially. “I think you’ll see Canada being constructive, Canada being at the table, Canada being creative in addressing some of the most challenging...

Canada files for NAFTA Chapter 19 reviews of U.S. duties on Bombardier

Canada today submitted requests for NAFTA Chapter 19 panels to review antidumping and countervailing duties the Commerce Department recently placed on Bombardier’s C Series aircraft, a move that has drawn the ire of the Trudeau government in Ottawa. Canada on Jan. 19 also filed a request for a NAFTA Chapter 19 panel review of the U.S. International Trade Commission’s final determination that softwood lumber from Canada is injuring the U.S. industry . Ottawa last year filed challenges against U.S. antidumping...

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