On July 23, 3019, the Parliament of France approved the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (the “Canada-EU CETA”). Even though the French Senate must also approve ratification of the Canada-EU CETA, we are going to mark this as a ratification. So far half of the countries have completed sets to ratify the Canada-EU
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Canada’s Process to Ratify USMCA
Canada
On September, 2018, the United States, Canada, and Mexico announced that a new NAFTA was agreed and would be called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) (also known as NAFTA 2.0). The text of the USMCA was posted on the United States Trade Representative website. LexSage has published an USMCA Resource Guide with USMCA Chapters,…
Canada and the EU have taken the Necessary Steps for Provisional Implementation of CETA
Canada
On September 7, 2017, the Canadian Governor-in-Council published in the Canada Gazette an Order-in-Council that effectively sets the date of the provisional implementation of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (the “Canada-EU CETA”) to be September 21, 2017. SI/2017–47 “Order fixing September 21, 2017 as the Day on which the Canada-European Union …
Ukraine Has Ratified The Canada-Ukraine FTA, Canada’s Turn Is Next
Canada
On March 14, 2017, the Ukrainian Parliament voted to ratify the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement. Ukraine is ready to ratify the Canada-Ukraine FTA.
On March 7, 2017, BillC-31 “An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine“ passed second reading in Canada’s Senate. Bill C-31 is now being reviewed…
Canadian House of Commons Approves Canada-EU CETA Implementation Act at Third Reading
On February 14, 2017, the Canadian House of Commons passed Bill C-30 “An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States and to provide for certain other measures“ at Third Reading. There were three days of debates at third reading on February…
Canada-EU CETA Moving Closer To Ratification in Canada
Canada
On January 30, 2017, the Standing Committee on International Trade in Canada approved Bill C-30 “An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States and to provide for certain other measures”, which is Canada implementing legislation for the Canada-EU CETA. The next …