CETA TSD Committee IN PROGRESS Joint Work Plan 2020-2021
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| Joint Committee Recommendation on Trade and Gender | Collaboration on:
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| Work with Other CETA Committees Explore the possibility of applying a gender lens to all CETA committee work (reviewing the work plans of each committee and identifying opportunities to integrate gender considerations). |
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| Continue Canada-EU video conferences/webinars to exchange information on a variety of related as outlined in the EU-Canada work plan for implementing CETA Trade and Gender recommendation. | |
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| Follow-up to the Joint Committee Recommendation on Trade, Climate and the Paris Agreement | Trade and Climate Change During the 2020 TSD Committee meeting, Canada and the EU agreed to the following: | Published joint report on Trade, Climate Action and the Paris Agreement activities (Nov 2020). | |
| The Clean Tech workshop took place on 29-31 March. Canada and the EU are currently discussing planning of the CETA Clean Tech Summit (early 2022). | CETA Clean Tech Summit: Early 2022 | |
| Ongoing and dependent on international meetings and events such as WTO Committee on Trade and Environment, the WTO Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD) and OECD Joint Working Party on Trade and Environment meetings. |
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| Ongoing monitoring of developments on CBAMs to understand potential considerations and impacts. | Canada to propose additional engagement, as appropriate. | |
| Implementation of CSR/RBC Commitments | Ongoing briefing and collaboration
| Next steps: Explore collaboration opportunities in approaching countries and companies to encourage good labour and environmental practices. Share experience and best practices to address forced labour and child labour. (cross-cutting with the trade and labour cooperation) | |
| Explore collaboration opportunities in approaching countries and companies to encourage good labour and environmental practices. | Completed | ||
| Respective CSR contact points to exchange contacts and compare notes. | Completed | ||
| Canada to share best practices (handbook for SMEs on OECD Guidelines) and GCNC compendium on how Canadian companies can contribute to the SDGs. | Completed | ||
| Implementation of Environment Chapter Commitments | During the 2020 TSD Committee meeting, Canada and the EU agreed to the following: | Next Steps: | |
| Joint statement issued by EVP Dombrovskis and Minister Ng at the meeting of the CETA Joint Committee on 25 March 2021. Ongoing monitoring of CETA committees. | Explore the application of environment related aspects to the work of all CETA committees. | |
| The results of the study released in May 2021. | EU to present and discuss the Trade and Biodiversity Study findings. | |
| Mutual interest identified in sharing knowledge and best practices on sustainable and safe-by-design chemicals. Technical discussions are likely in the latter half of 2021. | Identify specific topics and timelines. | |
| Implementation of Labour Chapter Commitments | Share EU and Canada's respective actions on labour in selected third countries (unilateral, bilateral and multilateral) to identify next steps and coordinate where appropriate. | Completed: EU and Canada have shared respective labour initiatives and engagements in third countries. | Next step is to discuss further areas of cooperation in third countries to promote decent work. |
| Canada and EU to address impact of COVID-19 on labour rights and workers around the world, and to brainstorm potential collaborative responses to protect vulnerable workers. | Completed: Canada and the EU discussed need for international cooperation and measures to mitigate socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in least developed countries. Agreed on the need to focus on inequalities in supply chains. | Continue to participate in multilateral fora (such as the UN, G20, G7 and ILO) to work towards a global recovery. | |
| Canada and EU to provide updates on ILO projects and technical assistance work in third countries, so that Parties can see where priorities align and find synergies in practical operations. | Completed: Canada and the EU have discussed various ways of tackling forced labour and child labour, as well as the continued importance of promoting freedom of association and collective bargaining. | Compare notes on the respective domestic initiatives related to forced labour in Third Countries. N/A Next steps share experience and best practices to combat forced labour and child labour | |
| Implementation of Institutional Commitments (Civil Society Forum) | Hold the fourth CETA Civil Society Forum | The third CETA Civil Society Forum took place on December 8 and 9, 2020. | Next steps: Organise fourth Civil Society Forum, date TBD, Fall 2021. Canada to host. |
| TSD Chapter Early Review | The Trade and Sustainable Development Committee committed to holding at least three dedicated meetings on this issue in advance of the second CETA Joint committee meeting. | The first dedicated session took place on February 1, 2020 and the second dedicated session took place on October 23, 2020. | Next steps: Organise third dedicated session. Timing to be decided in relation to EU respective review of the TSD implementation and enforcement |
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