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Further Opportunities
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Competition
Policy
It is in Canada's interest for its trading partners to have
transparent and predictable competition policy regimes. Competition
law and policy contribute to the efficient functioning of markets
by addressing practices among firms that can undermine competition,
such as cartels that fix prices or abuses by a dominant firm.
It is important to the trade agenda to ensure that such anti-competitive
practices do not minimize the benefits of trade and investment
liberalization.
- Culture
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An International
Agreement on Cultural Diversity: A Model for Discussion
International Trade Minister Pierre S. Pettigrew welcomes
a new report from the Cultural Industries Sectoral Advisory
Group on International Trade (SAGIT). The report is a follow-up
to the work initiated in its 1999 report and is a very useful
contribution to the ongoing discussions and debate on how
best to preserve and promote cultural diversity in Canada
and worldwide.
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The World Trade Organization:
From Doha and Beyond
Mr. Sergio Marchi, Canada's Ambassador to the WTO, addresses
the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.
Date: June 10, 2002
Place: Banff, Alberta
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Government Response to the SCFAIT Report:
Canadian Culture in a Global World: New Strategies for
Culture and Trade
The report of the Sectoral Advisory Groups on International
Trade (SAGIT) recommended that Canada pursue a new international
instrument on cultural diversity. The House of Commons Standing
Committees on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT),
and Canadian Heritage, held hearings and concluded by supporting
this recommendation. The Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade and Canadian Heritage carried out extensive
consultations on this issue. The Government responded on
November 15, 1999.
Link to the Government Response to the SCFAIT Report - Recommendations
28 and 29
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Canadian Culture in
a Global World: New Strategies for Culture and Trade
The Cultural Industries Sectoral Advisory Group on International
Trade (SAGIT) released a report entitled "Canadian Culture
in a Global World: New Strategies for Culture and Trade"
on February 17, 1999. The report puts forward ideas on how
Canada can continue to promote cultural diversity in a changing
world. The report is part of the broad based consultations
on Canadian trade policy that is taking place across many
sectors.
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Discussion Paper
- May 1999
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Government
Procurement
Governments, suppliers, and taxpayers have all benefitted from
the efforts to open government procurement markets. Government
procurement agreements help to ensure that Canadian suppliers
of goods and services are treated in an open, transparent and
nondiscriminatory manner when they sell to governments outside
of Canada. Learn more about Canada's government procurement
in trade agreements and negotiations.
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Electronic Commerce
Canada believes that electronic commerce provides new
ways of doing business, opens new business opportunities and
that it is still commerce rather than a new sector. Canada considers
that existing multilateral agreements and frameworks already
apply to electronic commerce. To learn more...
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Intellectual
Property
The emphasis on innovation as a measure of global competitiveness
as well as the growth in participation of the Canadian economy
in global trade have made the international dimension of intellectual
property policy increasingly important. There are numerous well
established international conventions specifically relating
to the protection of intellectual property rights, some dating
back over a century. These conventions are administered through
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). To learn
more...
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Boycott Policy
The Government's Boycott Policy was announced in 1976. It remains
in effect.
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