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- Title: Canada and the World Trade Organization.
- Author : Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Release Date : January 22, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 234 KB
Description
In 1998 and 1999 the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade conducted a series of public hearings in Ottawa and across Canada to discuss Canada's trade objectives and the forthcoming agenda on the World Trade Organization. It also looked at Canada's priority interests in the Free Trade Area in the Americas. The hearings came at a time when countries are facing some crucial choices and decisions in the complex negotiating process that is being conducted multilaterally both under the auspices of the WTO and in developing regional forums such as the proposed Free Trade Area in the Americas. This article looks at how parliamentarians can contribute to the definition of international trade policy and an economic environment that is conducive to international Canadian business interests. International trade has now become a local issue. What happens at far away negotiating tables has consequences that reach right down to the kitchen table. As the trend deepens, the making of trade policies cannot be left to only a few officials in backrooms. It needs to engage the whole of society and government at all levels.