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Notice of Intent to Conduct an Environmental Assessment of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement
Closing date: January 9, 2012
On June 15, 2010, the Honourable Peter Van Loan, former Minister of International Trade, announced that Canada and Ukraine launched negotiations toward a bilateral free trade agreement. (See News Release).
The Government of Canada is conducting an Environmental Assessment (EA) to inform these free trade negotiations. Comments are invited on any likely and significant environmental impacts on Canada of a prospective FTA with Ukraine.
The Government of Canada is committed to sustainable development. Mutually supportive trade, investment and environmental policies can contribute to this objective. To this end, the Minister of International Trade has directed negotiators to improve their understanding of, and information based on, the relationship between trade and environmental issues at the earliest stages of decision making, and to do this through an open and inclusive process. Environmental assessments of trade negotiations are critical to this work.
This process is guided by the 2001 Framework for Conducting Environmental Assessments of Trade Negotiationsand with direction from the 2010 Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan, and Program Proposals.
For more information, please visit:
All interested parties are invited to submit their views on any likely and significant environmental impacts on Canada resulting from the prospective Canada-Ukraine FTA by Monday, January 9, 2012.
Contributions can be sent by e-mail, fax or mail to:
Environmental Assessment Consultations – Canada-Ukraine FTA
Trade Policy and Negotiations Division I (TPE)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Lester B. Pearson Building
125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0G2
Fax: 613-992-9392
E-mail: EAconsultationsEE@international.gc.ca
Notice of Intent to Conduct an Environmental Assessment of the Canada-Mali Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement
Closing date: January 9, 2012
The Government of Canada will undertake a Strategic Environmental Assessment of the negotiations for the Canada-Mali Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA). Comments are invited on any likely and significant environmental impacts of the negotiations on Canada.
The Government of Canada is committed to sustainable development. Mutually supportive trade, environmental and investment policies can contribute to this objective. To this end, the Minister of International Trade, with the support of his Cabinet colleagues, has directed trade officials to improve their understanding of, and information based on, the relationship between trade and environmental issues at the earliest stages of decision making, and to do this through an open and inclusive process. Environmental assessments of trade negotiations are critical to this work.
This process adheres to the 2001 Framework for Conducting Environmental Assessments of Trade Negotiations and with direction from the 2010 Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan, and Program Proposals.
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All interested parties are invited to submit their views on the likely and significant environmental impacts on Canada resulting from the FIPA negotiations with Mali by January 9, 2012.
Contributions can be sent by email, fax or mail to:
Environmental Assessments of Trade Agreements, Trade Agreements and NAFTA Secretariat (TAS)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2
EAconsultationsEE@international.gc.ca
Fax: 613-992-9392
Consultations on negotiations to expand the existing Free Trade Agreement with the State of Israel
Closing Date: December 30, 2011
On October 10, 2010, the Honourable Peter Van Loan, former Minister of International Trade, and his Israeli counterpart Binyamin Ben Eliezer, Israel's then Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour, announced that Canada and Israel were to undertake steps toward modernizing the existing Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA). The Ministers agreed that officials would start exploratory talks in order to work on moving beyond the original, first-generation trade agreement that is currently in place by significantly expanding its application. (See News Release)
The Government of Canada is seeking the views of Canadians on the scope of potential negotiations for the expansion of CIFTA. For information about this initiative with Israel and the consultations, please see the Canada Gazette Notice of October 29, 2011, as well as the additional background information available on the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada website.
This notice is part of the Government of Canada’s domestic consultations process with business, citizen-based organizations and individual Canadians, as well as with provincial and territorial governments, to obtain advice and views on priorities, objectives and concerns to help outline the parameters of the initiative.
All interested parties are invited to submit their views by December 30, 2011. Contributions can be sent by e-mail, facsimile or mail to:
Trade Negotiations Consultations (Israel)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Trade Policy and Negotiations Division I (TPE)
Lester B. Pearson Building
125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2
Fax: 613-944-3214
Email: consultations@international.gc.ca
Consultations towards a Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
On November 12, 2010, Canada and India announced the launch of negotiations toward a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), following the completion of the report by the Joint Study Group that concluded that there was sufficient common ground to move ahead on these negotiations. Minister Van Loan launched the first round of negotiations during his visit to India on November 16, 2010.
In order to ensure that Canadian priorities are taken into account during the negotiations, the Government of Canada is consulting Canadian stakeholders with an interest in the Indian market, including Canadian companies and associations that have an interest in the Indian market through importing, exporting, trade in services, investment, or involvement in global value chains. These consultations will continue throughout the negotiations, and will focus on a number of issues that are subject to negotiation, specifically those pertaining to access for goods (including tariff and non-tariff barriers), rules of origin, technical barriers to trade, intellectual property, cross-border trade in services, investment and government procurement.
Please note that you may have already been consulted by Government of Canada officials, or you may already have submitted input to the Government of Canada under the Canada Gazette notice published in March 2009. In such cases, it is not necessary to re-submit information already provided; however, additional input is welcome.
- Questionnaire on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and India │ Word Version (204 KB) *
For more information on this initiative, please visit the Web page "Canada-India: Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) Negotiations”.
Thank you for taking the time to share your views. Your comments are most appreciated.
Contributions may be sent to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade via:
E-mail: consultations@international.gc.ca
Fax: 613-992-6002
Canada-India CEPA Consultations
Trade Negotiations I Division (TPE)
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Lester B. Pearson Building
125 Sussex Drive,
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2
Ongoing Consultations
Please find below Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada's ongoing consultations.
Notice of Intent to Conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
The Government of Canada has recently launched negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India. It is now conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (EA) to inform these negotiations. Comments are invited on any likely and significant environmental impacts which this prospective CEPA may have on Canada.
The Government of Canada is committed to sustainable development. Mutually supportive trade, investment and environmental policies can contribute to this objective. To this end, the Minister of International Trade has directed trade officials to improve their understanding of, and information based on, the relationship between trade and environmental issues at the earliest stages of decision making, and to do this through an open and inclusive process. Environmental assessments of trade negotiations are critical to this work.
This process is guided by the 2001 Framework for Conducting Environmental Assessments of Trade Negotiations and with direction from the 2010 Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan, and Program Proposals.
For more information, please visit the following:
- Canada Gazette Notice – November 12, 2011 - Notice of Intent to Conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
- Launch of Free Trade Negotiations with India; and
- Canada-India Joint Study Report
All interested parties are invited to submit their views on any likely and significant environmental impacts on Canada resulting from the prospective Canada-India CEPA by January 11, 2012.
Contributions can be sent by email, fax or mail to:
Canada-India CEPA Environmental Assessment
Trade Policy and Negotiations Division I (TPE)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Lester B. Pearson Building
125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2
EAconsultationsEE@international.gc.ca
Fax: 613-944-0757
On January 27, 2011, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Prime Minister of Morocco, Abbas El Fassi, announced the two countries will begin negotiations towards a free trade agreement. Canada is now conducting an Environmental Assessment (EA) to inform these negotiations. Comments are invited on any likely and significant environmental impacts which a Canada-Morocco FTA may have on Canada.
The Government of Canada is committed to sustainable development. Mutually supportive trade, investment and environmental policies can contribute to this objective. To this end, the Minister of International Trade has directed trade officials to improve their understanding of, and information based on, the relationship between trade and environmental issues at the earliest stages of decision making, and to do this through an open and inclusive process. Environmental assessments of trade negotiations are critical to this work.
This process is guided by the 2001 Framework for Conducting Environmental Assessments of Trade Negotiations and with direction from the 2004 Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan, and Program Proposals.
For more information, please visit the following Web sites:
- Canada Gazette Notice – March 12, 2011
- Canada-Morocco: Launch of Free Trade Agreement Negotiations With Morocco
All interested parties are invited to submit their views.
Contributions can be sent by e-mail, fax or mail to:
e-mail: consultations@international.gc.ca
Fax: 613-944-3214
Mail:
Consultations and Liaison Division (BSL), Environmental Assessment Consultations — Canada-Morocco FTA
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Lester B. Pearson Building
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2
Consultations on negotiations to modernize the existing Free Trade Agreement with the Republic of Costa Rica
The Government of Canada is seeking the views of Canadians on the scope of the negotiation for the modernization of the existing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Canada and the Republic of Costa Rica (Costa Rica).
This notice is part of the Government of Canada’s domestic consultation process with business, citizen-based organizations and individual Canadians, as well as with provincial and territorial governments, to obtain advice and views on priorities, objectives and concerns to help outline the parameters of this FTA initiative.
For information about this initiative and the consultations, please see the Canada Gazette Notice of November 6, 2010, as well as the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement.
All interested parties are invited to submit their views.
Please be advised that any information received as a result of this consultation will be considered as public information, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Contributions can be sent by e-mail, fax or mail to:
E-mail: consultations@international.gc.ca
Fax: (613) 944-3489
Mail:
Trade Negotiations Consultations (Costa Rica)
Regional Trade Policy Division (TPW)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Lester B. Pearson Building
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0G2
The Government of Canada is seeking the views of Canadians on the scope of a possible free trade agreement (FTA) between Canada and Ukraine.
This notice is part of the Government of Canada’s domestic consultation process with business, citizen-based organizations and individual Canadians, as well as with provincial and territorial governments, to obtain advice and views on priorities, objectives and concerns to help outline the parameters of this initiative.
For information about this initiative with the Ukraine and the consultations, please see additional background information.
All interested parties are invited to submit their views. Please be advised that any information received as a result of this consultation will be considered as public information, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Contributions can be sent by e-mail, facsimile or mail to:
Canada-Ukraine FTA Negotiations
Consultations and Liaison Division - BSL
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2
Fax: 613-944-3489
Email: consultations@international.gc.ca
The Government of Canada is seeking the views of Canadians on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
On October 23, 2007, in keeping with the Government of Canada's commitment to protect intellectual property rights, the Minister of International Trade announced that Canada would participate in preliminary discussions with the United States, Mexico, the European Union, Switzerland, Japan, New Zealand and other countries on a proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Illicit trade in trademark counterfeit and copyright pirated products can cause negative effects on the national economy by decreasing incentive for creativity and innovation and threatening legitimate businesses. Such activities can also affect the health and safety of Canadian consumers and have been linked to organized crime.
The Government of Canada is committed to improving intellectual property protection domestically. However, trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy have become global scale issues that require international solutions. Canada recognizes the importance of protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights in a global context and has been actively involved in international discussions on this issue, including in the G8, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Negotiating partners concluded formal negotiations in October 2010 and completed the legal verification of the ACTA text in April 2011. The agreement covers three areas: improving international cooperation, establishing best practices for enforcement, and providing a more effective legal framework and is open for signature as of May 1, 2011.
- Consultation on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and Issues Related to Pharmaceuticals and Counterfeit Medicines - Summary of Discussions - June 30, 2009
- Submissions related to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
- Fact Sheet on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
- For more information on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, visit Trade and Intellectual Property
All parties interested in submitting comments regarding this initiative are invited to do so. Unless otherwise specified, all comments provided in this consultation can be made available to the public.
Please send your contributions by email, mail or fax to:
E-mail: consultations@international.gc.ca
Fax: 613-944-7981
Consultations and Liaison Division (BSL)
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Lester B. Pearson Building
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0G2
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