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Canada

Canada has signed free trade agreements with the US, the US-and-Mexico (NAFTA), Costa Rica, Chile, Israel, Colombia, Peru and EFTA. It has also concluded talks with Jordan.

The government has also signed an Economic Framework Agreement with Japan and about 25 bilateral investment treaties.

Ottawa is currently in bilateral trade deal talks, or in the process of considering them, with Korea, Singapore, India, the so-called "Central America Four" (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua), the Dominican Republic, the Andean Community, CARICOM, Morocco and the EU (CETA).

last update: May 2012

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Más de 280 organizaciones ecuatorianas e internacionales se pronuncian contra la criminalización y la violencia contra defensores ambientales que resisten la minería canadiense
Mining Watch | 4-Jul-2025
Esta criminalización y violencia ocurre mientras Ecuador y Canadá buscan ratificar un Tratado de Libre Comercio, que sólo aumentará la inversión minera canadiense en el país.
: actions | resistance , Canada , Ecuador , mining
Over 280 Ecuadorian and international organizations speak out against the criminalization and violence against environmental defenders resisting Canadian mining
Mining Watch | 4-Jul-2025
This criminalization and violence is occurring while Ecuador and Canada seek to ratify a free trade agreement that will only increase Canadian mining investment in the country.
: actions | resistance , Canada , Ecuador , mining
Canada agrees to ratify Britain’s accession to major trans-Pacific trade pact
Yahoo | 16-Jun-2025
Canada has agreed to ratify Britain’s accession to a major trans-Pacific trade pact as Sir Keir Starmer and Mark Carney sought to revive talks on a stalled bilateral deal.
: Canada , CPTPP , UK
Canadá no debe implementar el TLC con Ecuador, afirman organizaciones de la sociedad civil
Common Frontiers | 11-Jun-2025
El gobierno canadiense no debería implementar el acuerdo de libre comercio recientemente firmado con Ecuador debido a su potencial de facilitar abusos ambientales y de los derechos humanos.
: Canada , Ecuador , environment , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Le Canada ne doit pas mettre en œuvre l’accord de libre-échange avec l’Équateur, selon des organisations de la société civile
CCPA | 11-Jun-2025
Le gouvernement canadien ne devrait pas mettre en œuvre l’accord de libre-échange récemment signé avec l’Équateur, car cet accord risque de faciliter les atteintes à l’environnement et aux droits humains.
: Canada , Ecuador , environment , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Canada must not implement Ecuador free trade deal, says civil society organizations
CCPA | 11-Jun-2025
The Canadian government should not implement the recently-signed free trade agreement with Ecuador because the agreement’s potential to facilitate environmental and human rights abuses.
: Canada , Ecuador , environment , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS