U.S. lawmaker Richard Neal to travel to Ottawa to talk new NAFTA with Trudeau, Freeland
The Democratic chair of a powerful U.S. House of Representatives committee will travel to Ottawa on Nov. 6 to speak with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland about the implementation process for the new NAFTA. Richard Neal is the chair of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, which is […]
From the new NAFTA to winning a seat on the UN Security Council: the key foreign policy priorities in the next Parliament
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority government will face both lingering and new foreign policy puzzles when the new cabinet is sworn in on Nov. 20. The Canada-U.S. relationship could come under the spotlight once again as Americans head to the ballot box in just under a year. Implementing the new NAFTA, addressing the rocky relationship […]
NDP says position unchanged on renegotiation for new NAFTA, despite saying improvements ‘can and should be made to this deal’
The NDP will wait to see what changes are made by U.S. House Democrats to the new NAFTA before deciding whether they will vote to implement it in the next Parliament, says its most recent international trade critic. “We will have a full debate in the next Parliament and a vote based on whatever the […]
Education, ‘food diplomacy,’ ICAO council seat among early priorities for Malaysian envoy
Malaysia’s new high commissioner to Canada arrived just days before the federal election campaign began, but Nor’aini Binti Abd Hamid says she’ll have more than enough to keep her busy with Malaysia’s bid to keep a spot on the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization council, coupled with her efforts to promote increased trade and education […]
Canada formally joins Arms Trade Treaty as experts urge cancelling Saudi LAV deal over Yemen war
PARLIAMENT HILL—Canada formally acceded to the Arms Trade Treaty on Sept. 19, which aims to create common arms trade standards between signatories, but arms control experts from academia and civil society organizations are urging the federal government to stop exporting Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs) to Saudi Arabia over the Kingdom’s war in Yemen. The deal […]
U.S. co-operation needed to put end to trade friction with China
OTTAWA—China and the United States are the world’s two largest economies and permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Therefore maintaining a healthy and stable development of China-U.S. relations serves the fundamental interests of the two and the rest of the world. Unilaterally starting a trade war against China with measures of extreme pressure […]
Brexit: Johnson makes his move
Shock! Horror! Johnson prorogues Parliament! End of democracy in Britain! The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, says he was not even consulted, and calls it “a constitutional outrage.” Or, to put it a little less dramatically, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cut the amount of time that Parliament will meet before he […]
New Indonesian envoy wants Canada to ‘expand horizons’ with ASEAN free trade deal
After Canada’s federal race is decided, Indonesia’s new ambassador says he hopes the country can revisit a free trade agreement with a bloc of 10 Southeast Asian countries that has been in discussions for two years. One of Abdul Kadir Jailani’s “main missions” in Canada will be to strengthen trade ties between the two countries, […]
Britain’s poor pay for trade negotiators hampered recruitment of Canadian trade officials
The British government has tried to poach Canadians, including a senior ambassador, as it built a new trade negotiation team in the midst of its looming departure from the European Union. Some of those offers were rejected for having inadequate salary, however, according to multiple sources and a report in the British press. Canada and […]
Federal Court made the right call on West Bank wines, decision should not be appealed
Re: “Feds ‘carefully reviewing’ court decision to order removal of ‘product of Israel’ labels on West Bank wines,” (The Hill Times, Aug. 6, online). Predictably, the pro-Israel lobby’s criticisms of the Federal Court’s settlement wine-labelling decision ignore the most salient facts and legal principles. First, the West Bank is not part of Israel. This has […]
