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Trade Negotiations & Agreements

Trade in Goods

  • Market Access Priorities Reports (CIMAP)

  • Tariffs and Non-Tariff Measures

    • WTO Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) Negotiations
      Under the WTO's Doha Development Agenda, the Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) Negotiating Group has been given a broad mandate "to reduce, or as appropriate, eliminate tariffs, including the reduction or elimination of tariff peaks, high tariffs, and tariff escalation, as well as non-tariff barriers, in particular on products of export interest to developing countries. Product coverage shall be comprehensive and without a priori exclusions. The negotiations shall take fully into account the special needs and interests of developing and least-developed country participants, including through less than full reciprocity in reduction commitments. To learn more...

    • Extension of Tariff Programs Benefiting Developing Nations
      Minister of State (Financial Institutions) Denis Paradis, on behalf of Minister of Finance Ralph Goodale, introduced legislation that would extend for a further 10 years two tariff programs: the GPT and LDCT. For more information:

  • Trade Facilitation
    Current WTO negotiations on Trade Facilitation stem from the need to clarify and improve existing WTO disciplines on freedom of transit, fees and formalities associated with border transactions, and transparency of trade regulations. These existing disciplines date back to the original formation of the GATT in 1947 and, in some cases, build on predecessor arrangements from the early years of the 20th century.
    To learn more...

  • Standards and Technical Barriers to Trade

    • Standards


    • Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)

      • Report of the Third Triennial Review of the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement
        The Government of Canada participated in the Third Triennial Review of the World Trade Organization's Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement. The Review was completed on November 11, 2003, resulting in the Review Report which, among other things, provides a basis for the workplan in the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee over the next three years. Canada's position paper was influential in the Review process, which adopted many of the concerns and interests noted in our submission. Further questions or comments on the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement Triennial Review process can be sent by email to keith.aird@dfait-maeci.gc.ca.

      • Canada's Position in WTO and FTAA
        Negotiations

      • WTO - Information Paper - August 2001
        Provides Canada's objectives at the WTO Ministerial that took place in Doha, Qatar from November 9-13, 2001.

      • Report of the Second Triennial Review of the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement
        The Government of Canada participated in the Second Triennial Review of the World Trade Organization's Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement. The Review was completed on November 10, 2000, resulting in the Review Report which, among other things, provides a basis for a workplan in the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee over the next two years. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade would like to thank those Canadians who participated in our consultations, Canada's position paper was influential in the Review process which took on most of the concerns and interests of Canadians noted in our submission. Further questions or comments on the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement Triennial Review process can be sent by email to Tyler.Bjornson@dfait-maeci.gc.ca.


  • Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

    • Canada statement to the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Committee)
      On June 24, 2003, Mr. Sergio Marchi, Permanent Representative, Ambassador to the Office of the United Nations and to the World Trade Organization, presented the following statement to the WTO SPS Committee. Update on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (pdf 5 pages, 86 Kb). For more information on the BSE Disease Investigation in Western Canada, see the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency (CFIA) Website.

    • WTO - Dispute Settlement
      Panel Cases to which Canada is a Party

    • Discussion Paper (May 1999)

  • Agriculture
    Since the WTO agriculture negotiations began in March 2000, Canada has been working hard to level the international playing field so that our producers and processors can compete more fairly and effectively in global markets. To learn more...

  • Textiles and Clothing

  • Steel

  • Related Market Access Links

  • Rules Negotiations
    The smooth flow of trade in goods is of great importance for the Canadian economy. However, trade remedies are sometimes needed to be put in place on imports as a means to curb the negative effects of trade-distorting practices. Equally important though is that there are effective rules and disciplines on the use of these remedies, in order to prevent unnecessary restrictions on trade. Learn more...

  • Safeguards

Last Updated:
2005-12-01
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