Canada - Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Background
In August 2002, the Minister of International Trade announced that Canada and the Andean Community had agreed to begin exploratory discussions towards a proposed FTA. As part of the exploratory discussions, the Minister launched extensive domestic consultations with business, citizen-based organizations and individual Canadians, as well as with the provincial and territorial governments, to obtain advice and views on priorities, objectives and concerns to help define the possible scope of this initiative.
On November 21, 2008, the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, signed, on behalf of Canada, the Canada-Colombia FTA. This was the third FTA signed by Canada in 2008 and Canada’s sixth FTA with a country in the Americas.
On June 30, 2010, the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, announced that Bill C-2, the implementing legislation for the Canada-Colombia FTA, the Labour Cooperation Agreement and the Agreement on the Environment had received Royal Assent. (See News Release: Legislation to Implement Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Receives Royal Assent.)
The Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement and two parallel accords on environmental and labour cooperation entered into force on August 15, 2011. (See News Release: Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Comes into Force and Canada signs free trade agreement with Colombia)
Bilateral Agreements
- Text of the Canada – Colombia Free Trade Agreement
- Text of the Canada – Colombia Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
- Text of the Canada – Colombia Agreement on Labour Cooperation
Related Links
- Columbia Fact Sheet
- Canada – Columbia Free Trade Agreement:Fast Facts
- Canada – Colombia Free Trade AgreementMarket Access Fact Sheet
- Canada – Colombia Free Trade Agreement Investment Fact Sheet
- Canada – Colombia Free Trade Agreement Services Fact Sheet
- Canada – Colombia Free Trade Agreement Labour Fact Sheet
- Canada – Colombia Free Trade Agreement EnvironmentFact Sheet
- Canada – Colombia Free Trade Agreement Human Rights Fact Sheet
- Canadian International Development Agency
- Colombia Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Tourism
- Inter-American Development Bank
- An FTA with the Andean Community countries of Colombia and Peru: Qualitative Economic Analysis - June 2007
Contact Point
If you have questions or comments about this free trade agreement or the environmental and labour cooperation agreements, we would like to hear from you. Please contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade at the following address:
Trade Negotiations Division (TPE )
Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada
Lester B. Pearson Building
125 promenade Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2
Fax: 613-944-3489
E-mail : consultations@international.gc.ca
