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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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Senate passes updated Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement without support of Tories
CTV | 20-Mar-2024
The Senate has passed a bill to implement Canada’s updated free trade agreement with Ukraine, paving the way for it to become law.
: Canada , Ukraine
Le Sénat adopte l’accord de libre-échange avec l’Ukraine, sans les conservateurs
L’actualité | 20-Mar-2024
Le Sénat a adopté un projet de loi visant à mettre en œuvre l’accord de libre-échange actualisé entre le Canada et l’Ukraine, ouvrant ainsi la voie à son entrée en vigueur.
: Canada , Ukraine
Trade deal could put corporate profits over people, say groups
Canada’s National Observer | 5-Mar-2024
A proposed Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement could put corporate interests above citizens’ rights, say several concerned organizations.
: Canada , Ecuador , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
House of Commons passes new Ukraine free trade deal over Conservative opposition
CBC | 7-Feb-2024
The House of Commons passed an updated free trade agreement with Ukraine over the objections of Conservative MPs, who have attacked the bill for containing a reference to "carbon pricing."
: Canada , Ukraine
La Chambre des communes adopte un accord de libre-échange avec l’Ukraine
Radio-Canada | 7-Feb-2024
Les députés de la Chambre des communes ont adopté un nouvel accord de libre-échange avec l’Ukraine. Tous les élus ont voté en faveur du traité, sauf les conservateurs.
: Canada , Ukraine
A ‘giant’ of Canadian politics: Ed Broadbent’s mixed legacy on social democracy and free trade
The Conversation | 15-Jan-2024
The extreme income disparity and political polarization we see today, at least in part, is the direct result of the path we took in 1988 when Canada signed a free trade deal with the US.
: Canada , labour | workers’ rights , US