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Consulting Canadians
North American Free Trade Agreements (NAFTA)
2005
Public Consultation on Proposed Amendments
to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Rules of Origin
Closing date: August 31, 2005
The purpose of this notice is to seek views from interested parties
regarding proposed amendments, and to invite new requests, for the
liberalization of the rules of origin under the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and to identify additional measures to facilitate
NAFTA trade.
The proposed changes to the NAFTA rules of origin, set out in the
Canada
Gazette Notice of June 25, 2005, would liberalize or simplify
the rules of origin applicable to cocoa preparations, cranberry
juice, ores, slag and ash, leather, cork, certain textile products,
feathers, glass and glassware, copper and other metals, televisions,
certain information technology products and controls.
The proposals were developed to respond to requests from producers
seeking more liberal NAFTA rules of origin or to align the NAFTA
rules of origin with more liberal rules of origin under other free
trade agreements that each country has negotiated subsequent to
the NAFTA. The NAFTA Parties tentatively agreed to implement the
changes on January 1, 2006.
In developing comments on the current proposals as well as making
submissions for new requests to liberalize the NAFTA rules of origin
or additional ways to lower the costs of NAFTA trade, interested
parties should focus on the impact that the proposed rules or new
requests would have on the products of interest to them. For more
information on the proposed changes and on the procedures for submitting
comments, we invite you to consult the Canada
Gazette Notice of June 25, 2005.
News
Release - June 27, 2005 - Canada Seeks Public Views on NAFTA
Rules of Origin Amendments
These comments should be received no later than August
31, 2005, and should be addressed to:
Sylvie Larose, International Trade Policy Division, Department
of Finance, L'Esplanade Laurier, East Tower, 14th Floor, 140 O'Connor
Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G5, (613) 996-5887 (telephone), (613)
995-3843 (fax), Tariff-Tarif@fin.gc.ca
(email).
For more information, we invite you to consult the Rules
of Origin.
2004
Public Consultations on Proposed Changes to
the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Rules of Origin and
Invitation to Submit New Requests for the Liberalization of the
NAFTA Rules of Origin
Closing date: September 28, 2004
In a joint statement on July 16, 2004, International Trade Minister
Jim Peterson, United States Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick,
and Mexican Secretary of Economy, Fernando Canales announced tentative
agreement to liberalize the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) rules of origin for a broad range of foods, consumer and
industrial products and to make these amendments effective January
1, 2005.
The Departments of International Trade and Finance are inviting
interested parties to submit their comments on the proposed changes
to the rules of origin as well as new requests for further liberalization
before September 28, 2004. For more information on the proposed
changes and on the procedures for submitting comments and/or requests,
we invite you to consult the Canada
Gazette Notice of August 7, 2004.
For more information on the July 16, 2004 meeting of the NAFTA
Commission, we invite you to consult the Joint
Statement of the NAFTA Trade Ministers
2003
Invitation to submit requests for the harmonization of Most-Favoured-Nation
(MFN) Tariffs with the United States and Mexico and for the liberalization
of the North American Free Trade (NAFTA) Rules of Origin
Closing date: February 13, 2004
At the October 7, 2003 North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Commission meeting in Montreal, Trade Ministers proposed initiatives to facilitate further trade among the NAFTA Parties, including exploring opportunities for liberalizing the NAFTA rules of origin and for harmonizing most-favoured-nation (MFN) tariffs.
The Departments of International Trade and Finance are inviting
interested parties to submit requests on the above before
February 13, 2004. For more information on this issue and
on the procedures for submitting a request, we invite you to consult
the Canada
Gazette Notice of December 20, 2003.
For more information on the October 7, 2003 meeting of the NAFTA Commission, we invite you to consult the Joint Statement of the NAFTA Trade Ministers.
2001
Requests
for Accelerated Elimination of Tariffs under the NAFTA
(Gazette
Notice - September 15, 2001)
The Government's objective in the domestic consultations is to obtain
information from interested parties on the potential advantages
and disadvantages of accelerated elimination of customs duties under
the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on products covered
by Canadian and Mexican tariff provisions set out in the two accompanying
lists.
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