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Canada is committed to strengthening its import ban on goods produced by forced labour to enhance its economic security, level the playing field for Canadian firms, address human rights abuses.
Canada negotiates Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (FIPAs) to ensure a stable investment environment for Canadian investors abroad and to attract investment capital to Canada.
Canada has Air Transport Agreements which cover 125 countries, improving connectivity for passengers, deepening people-to-people and commercial ties, and strengthening supply chains.
As part of its G7 Presidency, Canada is leveraging the G7 Trade Track to advance its international trade interests and to foster collaboration and convergence among G7 members on areas of common inter
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has publicly called for Canada to move ahead with separate bilateral trade deals with the US and Mexico, asserting that Mexico has become a backdoor for Chinese goods.
The 14th annual report reviews Canada’s actions under the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act in 2024 and the impact of those actions on human rights in Canada and Colombia.
Cobre Panama, owned by Canadian company First Quantum Minerals (FQM), has been shuttered since November 2023. Legal, environmental, and political tensions loom over its potential reopening.
Recent developments may raise questions over whether arms exports from Canada could be used in the war in Gaza.
On March 20, 2025, China imposed 100% tariffs on Canadian canola oil and meal in response to Canada’s surtaxes on EVs, steel and aluminum.
Impact of bilateral tensions on bilateral trade relations, including free trade negotiations, trade flows, and Team Canada trade mission.