The WTO’s Appellate Body is down to three members from its normal seven, and U.S. has been blocking new appointments in an effort to force reforms. Continue reading →

The vast majority of exporters, which are positioned to benefit from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, could very well be asking: CETA who? Continue reading →

“You have to ask the question of people like the NDP in Canada: If you don’t think that we should have a free trade deal with Europe — as progressive, positive and aligned as they are — then with whom would the NDP want to sign a trade deal?” Trudeau asked. Continue reading →

The work to get the deal over the finish line comes after two difficult years marked by a rough renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Continue reading →

French parliamentarians are expected to vote on ratifying the agreement on Wednesday.  Continue reading →

Almost all of CETA went into force in 2017 under what is known as a provisional application, but individual ratifications by EU member countries will bring it fully into effect. Continue reading →

Trudeau’s office says the meeting with the head of NATO is a chance to speak up for the rules-based international order that relies on treaties and multinational organizations like NATO to keep individual countries from throwing their weight around. Continue reading →

The prolonged Brexit divorce from the European Union will give Britain more time to forge a proper free trade deal with Canada, says the country’s envoy to Ottawa. Continue reading →

Dairy farmers and others hit by recent trade deals are getting $3.9 billion in compensation for lost market share. Continue reading →

The British government says its no-deal plan would increase the volume of tariff-free imports from 80 per cent, as is currently the case, to 87 per cent. Continue reading →