News 2000
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You are invited to visit our section It's Your Turn, in which Canadians are encouraged to send us their comments.
December 19, 2000
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Canada - Costa Rica - Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
For an update on these negotiations, see our new page "Canada - Costa Rica".
December 15, 2000
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Canada's Draft Environmental Assessment Framework for Trade Negotiations
You will find in our page on "Environment" the Summary of Comments on Canada's Draft Environmental Assessment Framework for Trade Negotiations and additional information on this consultation.
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Canada's Trade and Investment Policies Get Top Marks from WTO
See our page "WTO - Trade Policy Review Mechanism" for the News Release, the Policy Statement by the Government of Canada and additional related documents.
December 13, 2000
December 12, 2000
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WTO Grants Canada Right to Impose Sanctions Against Brazil Over Aircraft Subsidy Dispute
See our page "Dispute Settlement - WTO" for the News Release and additional information on the Canada-Brazil Aircraft Subsidy Trade Dispute.
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Report of the Second Triennial Review of the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement
See our page "Trade in Goods" for the Review Report and Canada's position paper.
November 30, 2000
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"Climate of the WTO Services 2000 Negotiations"
Speaking Notes for an Address to the Services 2000 Business-Government Dialogue by the Honourable Sergio Marchi, Chair of the WTO Council for Trade in Services
Date: 15 November 2000
Place: Washington, D.C.
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"The World Trade Organization: Looking and Moving Forward"
Speaking Notes for an Address to the Services 2000 Business-Government Dialogue by the Honourable Sergio Marchi, Chair of the WTO Council for Trade in Services
Date: November 15, 2000
Place: Washington, D.C.
November 9, 2000
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Canada Continues to Push its Market Access Approach at WTO Agriculture Talks
See our section on "WTO Negotiations on Agriculture" for the News Release and additional information on the ongoing negotiations.
October 27, 2000
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APEC Trade Facilitation
See our page "Trade in Goods - Trade Facilitation" for the Report on Workshop in the Asia-Pacific: New Directions and the Development Challenge, held on 12-14 September 2000.
October 16, 2000
October 13, 2000
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Pettigrew Outlines Proposals to Make The World Trade Organization More Open
See our section "WTO - Transparency" for the News Release, the full text of the Informal Paper by Canada and additional information on this subject.
October 5, 2000
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WTO - Japan/EU - Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry
See our page "Dispute Settlement" for the Award of the Arbitrator under Article 21.3(c) and additional information on this Dispute.
October 4, 2000
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WTO Negotiations on Agriculture
See our page "Trade in Goods - Agriculture" for the latest information on these negotiations, including the Cairns Group Negotiating Proposal on Domestic Support and Canada's Intervention in support of this Proposal.
September 18, 2000
September 8, 2000
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Consultations on a Draft Framework for the Environmental Assessment of Trade Negotiations
See our page "Consultations with Canadians" for detailed information.
August 28, 2000
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WTO Grants Canada Record Award Over Brazilian Aircraft Subsidy
See our page "Dispute Settlement" for the News Release and a link to the WTO Arbitrator's report on Canada's level of retaliation against Brazil
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Canada Further Opens Market to Least-Developed Countries
See our page "Social Dimensions of Trade - Development" for the News Release and additional information on Trade and Development.
July 31, 2000
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Negotiations on Trade in Services - Canada Gazette Notice - July 29, 2000
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The Government of Canada is seeking the opinions of Canadians on the scope, content and process for negotiations on trade in services under the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). See our page "Consultations with Canadians" for more information about the Canada Gazette Notice of July 29, 2000.
July 24, 2000
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Corruption and Bribery
The first report on the implementation of the OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and on the enforcement of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act was tabled in Parliament on May 30, 2000. See our page "Corporate Social Responsabilities" for the text of the Report and related links.
July 21, 2000
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WTO Appellate Body Confirms Canadian View that Brazilian Aircraft Subsidy is Illegal
See our page "Dispute Settlement" for the News Release and a link to the WTO Appellate Body Reports.
July 20, 2000
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Agreement on Mutual Recognition in Relation to Conformity Assessment between Canada and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
See our page "Market Access - Standards" for the full text of the Agreement as well as other Multilateral Recognition Agreements / Arrangements (MRAs)
July 19, 2000
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Virtual Consultations with Services Exporters
See our page "Trade in Services" for the details.
July 18, 2000
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NAFTA Chapter Eleven Arbitration between Pope & Talbot, Inc. and Canada
See our "Dispute Settlement" page for the Executive Summary of Interim Award and the full text of the Interim Award of June 27, 2000
July 6, 2000
June 30, 2000
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WTO Negotiations on Agriculture
The following documents are now available in our page "Trade in Goods - Agriculture":
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Intervention to introduce Canada's market access negotiating proposal
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Canada's intervention on Cairns Group export competition negotiating proposal
June 29, 2000
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Decision on NAFTA Chapter 11 Claim Favours Canada
See our "Dispute Settlement" page for the News Release, Backgrounder and a link to the Interim Award by Arbitral Tribunal
June 28, 2000
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Canada Endorses Improved OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
See our section "Corporate Social Responsibility" for the News Release and a link to the new OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
June 27, 2000
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Canada-EU Summit - Lisbon - June 25-26, 2000
Joint Statement on the World Trade Organization (WTO) - June 26, 2000
See our section "Events of Interest"
June 21, 2000
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Minister Pettigrew to Attend Canada-EU Summit in Lisbon (June 25-26) and OECD Ministerial in Paris (June 27)
News Release - June 21, 2000
More information on International and Regional Organizations is available in our section "Events of Interest"
June 21, 2000
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WTO Negotiations on Agriculture
Market Access - A Negotiating Proposal by Canada - June 19, 2000
Export Competition - Cairns Group Negotiating Proposal - June 16, 2000
See our page "Trade in Goods - Agriculture" for links to these Negotiating Proposals which will be circulated for discussion at the Committee on Agriculture Negotiating Session of June 29-30, 2000. More information on the negotiations is also available in this page.
June 19, 2000
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Consultations on Possible Trade Negotiations with Singapore
Link to our "Consultations with Canadians" page for more details, including a link
to the text of Canada Gazette Notice of June 17, 2000
June 7, 2000
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Trade and Development
Minister for International Trade, Pierre Pettigrew, endorses APEC initiative for Developing Countries
News Release - June 7, 2000
You will find more information on Trade and Development in our page "Social Dimensions of Trade"
June 6, 2000
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Canada Ratifies Inter-American Convention Against Corruption
News Release - June 6, 2000
You will find more information on Corporate Social Responsibility in our page "Social Dimensions of Trade"
June 5, 2000
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Canada and Singapore to Explore Possible Free Trade Deal
Announcement made by International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew on June 5,
2000 on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Trade
Ministerial Meeting in Darwin, Australia.
News Release - June 5, 2000
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Minister for International Trade, Pierre Pettigrew, to Discuss New World
Trade Negotiations at APEC Ministerial - Darwin - Australia - 6-7 June 2000
News Release - June 2, 2000
June 1, 2000
May 31, 2000
May 26, 2000
May 23, 2000
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WTO Annual Report 2000
The Annual Report of the World Trade Organization is available for free this year for the first time as a downloadable file in pdf format. Visit our page "WTO" for more information about the WTO and Canada and the WTO.
May 19, 2000
May 17, 2000
May 16, 2000
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Canada/Brazil WTO Panels - Aircraft
Canada Gazette - May 13, 2000
Notice of Intention to retaliate in Response to the Government of Brazil's Refusal to Eliminate Illegal Subsidies on Exports of Reginal Aircraft. More information on the dispute and the request for comments can be found in our page "Canada/Brazil WTO Panels - Aircraft"
May 12, 2000
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Trade Records Set - Minister Pettigrew Issues First Annual State of Trade Report
International Trade Minister Pierre S. Pettigrew, issued on May 11, 2000, Trade Update 2000: First Annual Report on Canada's State of Trade, the inaugural report on Canada's performance in international trade.
See the News Release and the Report in our section "Trade and the Canadian Economy"
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Canada/Brazil WTO Panels - Aircraft
Canada Welcomes Brazil's Offer to Negotiate Compliance with WTO Ruling on PROEX
For the News Release and background information about the dispute, including a Notice of Public Consultation, visit our section "Canada/Brazil WTO Panels - Aircraft"
May 9, 2000
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Canada/Brazil WTO Panels - Aircraft
WTO Confirms Brazilian Trade Subsidy is Still Illegal
For the News Release, a Backgrounder on the Dispute and Canadian Retaliatory Options, a link to the WTO Reports and additional documentation on the Case, visit our section "Canada/Brazil WTO Panels - Aircraft"
May 5, 2000
April 27, 2000
April 26, 2000
April 20, 2000
April 18, 2000
April 14, 2000
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Minister Pettigrew - Cross-Country Tour (April - May 2000)
Montreal - Quebec - April 14, 2000
Minister Pettigrew Addresses the Alliance of Manufacturers and Exporters, Quebec Chapter
Speech - News Release
For more information on Minister Pettigrew's Cross-Country Tour , please visit our page "Why Trade Matters?"
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Mr. Pettigrew to promote trade and Investment on a Cross-Country Tour
International Trade Minister Pierre S. Pettigrew announced that he will participate in a series of cross-Canada trade events in April and May.
News Release - April 13, 2000
For more information on Trade and the Canadian Economy, please visit our page "Why Trade Matters?"
April 12, 2000
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OECD Forum 2000 - Paris - June 26-28 2000
The OECD is launching a new public international conference "OECD Forum 2000" in conjunction with its 2000 Ministerial Council Meeting.
For more information on this event, visit our section "International and Regional Organizations".
April 10, 2000
April 5, 2000
March 24, 2000
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WTO Transparency
Informal Paper presented by Canada at the WTO on March 24, 2000
The WTO General Council held an informal meeting on March 28 to discuss transparency issues at the WTO. Canada and several other WTO Members have submitted papers to shape and inform this discussion. The paper submitted by Canada is available in our section "Consultations with Canadians - Sectoral Consultations". The Canadian Proposal Tabled at the WTO in October 1999 is also posted in this section.
March 16, 2000
March 15, 2000
March 14, 2000
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Consultations on Possible Trade Negotiations with Costa Rica
Canada Gazette - Notice of March 11, 2000
The Government of Canada is seeking the opinions of Canadians on a possible free trade agreement between Canada and Costa Rica. The Government believes that ongoing, broad-based consultations with the provinces, the business sector, and the public at large are essential.
March 3, 2000
February 28, 2000
February 25, 2000
February 22, 2000
February 18, 2000
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International Trade, Globalisation, the WTO
Mr. Pettigrew - Address to the Ottawa Diplomatic Association and Diplomatic Press Attachés Network - February 16, 1999
Highlights: Lessons from recent travel, Canada's general approach, agriculture and services, getting on with other WTO work, reforming the WTO, developing bilateral and regional trading relationships, creating greater coherence and better co-ordination among international bodies, meeting the needs of least-developed countries.
Your are invited to visit our pages "Why Trade Matters? - Trade and the Canadian Economy" and "WTO - Canada and the WTO" for additional information on these issues.
February 11, 2000
February 9, 2000
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Minister Pettigrew Welcomes Start of Agriculture and Services Negotiations at WTO - News Release - February 8, 2000
Visit our page "WTO - Canada and the WTO" for a link to the News Release. Under the section "About the WTO" you will find a link providing information on the WTO General Council meeting of 7-8 February. Our pages "Trade in Goods - Agriculture" and "Trade in Services" contain a link to the list of meetings set for February and March 2000.
February 4, 2000
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About the WTO
You will find in our page "WTO" under the section "Canada and the WTO" an address by Mr. Pettigrew: "Where Do We Go After Seattle? Some Thoughts" given in Paris, Zurich, London.
You will also find under the section "About the WTO" a recent Press Release from the WTO Director General, and a speech from Mr. Lamy, Commissioner for Trade at the European Commission.
January 26, 2000
January 25, 2000
January 13, 2000
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Review of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises - Opportunity for Public Comment
OECD Member countries are currently undertaking a review of the Guidelines. A draft revision of the guidelines text is now available for public comment. More detailed information on this initiative is available in our section "Social Dimensions of Trade - Codes of Conduct".
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