| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, February 24, 2015 | 1:00PM - 4:00PM | The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs- 1 Devonshire Place |
Free admission by RSVP to manager@ccil-ccdi.ca before February 20, 2015
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Join experts from a range of backgrounds as they provide their views and perspectives on the major legal and public policy issues arising from next generation free trade agreements. Do the TPP and CETA offer successful models of free trade agreements for a new generation of international trade? What do these next generation treaties mean for Canada?
On October 18, 2013, Canada and the 28-State European Union (“EU”) announced the conclusion of a new Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”). Set to commence in 2016, the CETA will remove 99% of tariffs between both parties; opens Canada to a market of 500 million consumers, and a combined GDP of $17-trillion. The breadth and scope of the CETA are unparalleled in the history of Canadian-treaty making.
A year prior, on October 9, 2012, Canada also joined the formal negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPP”), an agreement aimed at promoting free trade within the Asia-Pacific region. Today, the TPP counts 12 participants (Australia, Peru, the United Sates, Vietnam, Malaysia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Japan), covers 40% of the world’s economic output, and 26% of global trade in terms of GDP. Taiwan, the Philippines, and South Korea have also recently expressed an interest in joining the TPP talks.
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