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What is the government doing to address Chinese steel dumping?
Withdrawal Agreement ratification processes in the U.K. and EU are currently on track to allow the U.K. to leave the EU in an orderly way on January 31, 2020.
The Modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) entered into force on September 1, 2019.
Next steps in Canada-India CEPA negotiations
Questions may arise regarding the Canadian response to the ongoing situation in Nicaragua involving a range of human rights violations committed by the Government of Nicaragua.
Reports cite that Canada is funding Homeopathy in Honduras.
Local communities are blocking access to PanAmerican Silver mine, claiming a lack of consultations and asking for its permanent closure. The company's mining operations were suspended in July 2017.
Questions may arise regarding the Canadian development or humanitarian response to ongoing crisis in Nicaragua involving a range of human rights violations and leading to increased poverty.
Canada remains deeply concerned by the deteriorating human rights situation and political unrest in Burundi, as well as the mounting pressure on refugees in Tanzania to return to Burundi.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is reporting increasing levels of global hunger and destabilization of global agricultural production due to climate change.