Canada-EU (CETA)
Canada and the European Union began negotiating the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in 2009. It is a “next generation” free trade and investment pact that is better understood as a corporate power grab. CETA is a way to further deregulate and privatize the Canadian economy while increasing corporate power and undermining Canadian and European efforts to address the climate crisis.
Despite EU legal opinion, CETA still in play
Today, there was a major opinion which impacts whether the Canada-European trade agreement, the Canadian European Comprehensive Economic and Trade ...
Barlow and Dey in Italy countering CETA
This week, Council of Canadians Honorary Chairperson Maude Barlow and Trade Campaigner Sujata Dey were in Italy to meet ...
Feta, Pancetta: Italy says the end of CETA?
From Feta to Parmesan, cheese has been a central issue in CETA, the trade agreement between the European Union and ...
Right-wing Italian coalition government opposes ratification of Canada-EU CETA
A new Italian coalition government was formed under Giuseppe Conte on June 1 following months of negotiations after the ...
Irish opposition to investment court system could be fatal to CETA
While media attention was given to the colourful socks worn by the prime ministers, CETA remains a controversial issue in ...
Trudeau to push CETA at G20 summit, provisional implementation could be delayed to 2018
Trudeau and UK prime Minister Theresa May.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be pushing for the provisional application of the ...
CETA implementation hits procurement, cheese quota & drug patent obstacles
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was to have been provisionally implemented on July 1.
But ...
Council of Canadians meets with Paul Magnette to discuss CETA
(left-right) Paul Magnette, Sujata Dey, Ronald Cameron, Quebec Solidaire leader Amir Khadir, key allies.
Council of Canadians trade campaigner Sujata ...
