Canada edges closer to TPP-11 approval by tabling text in Parliament

The Canadian government this week took a step toward ratifying the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, with trade minister François-Philippe Champagne tabling the text in Parliament on Tuesday. The government must table the text before it can submit legislation to ratify the agreement. But in an interview with Inside U.S. Trade , Carlo Dade, director of the Canada West Foundation’s Trade & Investment Centre, said final ratification was not imminent. Dade said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, despite...