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Canada's Bilateral Development Assistance Program in Myanmar
Aug. 9 article from Jerusalem Post on GAC Lebanon Matching Fund with the Humanitarian Coalition, alleging connections between Islamic Relief Worldwide and Hamas.
Support provided to businesses through the CEBA and BCAP.
GAC continues to support procurement of medical supplies from China. Trade with China has been decreasing in 2020 due to COVID-19 but this decline is unrelated to failures in some procured PPE.
16 notifications of non-compliance received from China for imported Canadian logs.
US Trade Representative Testimony to House Committee on Ways and Means Calling for “Broad Reset at the WTO”
Human Rights Watch reported that workers at 13 mining companies in the DRC, including Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., were confined to their mine site under the threat of losing their jobs.
On June 9th, Mexican President sent a respectful message to the Canadian Ambassador suggesting that he convince Canadian companies not to go to international courts.
Update on U.K. accession to the CPTPP and Japan-U.K. FTA negotiations
On Mar 25/20 Canada endorsed a joint statement with Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Myanmar, New Zealand & Singapore committing to ensuring supply chain connectivity amidst the COVID-19 situation