World Trade Organization

• Nova Scotia’s premier’s name appeared in Australian trade complaint over wine pricing

  Houston told reporters on Wednesday that he didn’t remember the committee exchange, but he was aware it had become part of Australia's trade case.

  Politics

  Mar 21
  
• Canada has right to impose tariffs on U.S. imports in the future, WTO decides

  Canada brought a case to the WTO in 2016 over U.S. anti-subsidy duties on Canadian "supercalendered" paper, which is used in glossy magazines and catalogs.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2022
  
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• Bolivia signs deal to import J&J vaccine from Canadian company, pending patent issues

  'The economy should be in service of life and not the other way around,' Bolivia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Rogelio Mayta said through an interpreter.

  Health

  May 11, 2021
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• Canada will ‘actively’ join talks to lift COVID-19 vaccine patent protections: minister

  "Canada will actively participate in negotiations to wave intellectual property protection, particular to COVID-19 vaccines," Mary Ng told the House of Commons.

  Canada

  May 6, 2021
• Canadian medical students push for COVID-19 vaccine IP waiver

  Increasing pressure on Canadian government to remove patents for COVID-19 vaccines and medical supplies to allow global equity amid the pandemic.

  Health

  May 5, 2021
• U.S. supports waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines: USTR

  The United States supports waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday. 

  Health

  May 5, 2021
• Canadian lumber in legal limbo as U.S. appeals WTO ruling

  In April 2017 the U.S. imposed duties averaging about 20 per cent on most Canadian softwood exports, alleging that Canada was both unfairly subsidizing its industry and then dumping wood into the U.S. at unfair prices.

  Economy

  Sep 28, 2020
• WTO calls for truce, says U.S. tariffs on China broke international trade rules

  The Trump administration says its tariffs imposed two years ago on more than $200 billion in Chinese goods were justified.

  World

  Sep 15, 2020
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• Nova Scotia price markup for local wines to be phased out over 4 years

  The decision comes after an agreement between the governments of Canada and Australia.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2020
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• ‘Law of the jungle’: World Trade Organization appeals court shut down by U.S.

  Trump and his top trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, are especially vociferous critics of the WTO. They argue that the trade organization constrains America's ability to counter unfair trading practices by China and other countries.

  Economy

  Dec 10, 2019