THE TPP – DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS [A long Way Before the Final Curtain] Paper presented by me at the Canada-US Law Institute Colloquium, Washington, DC, 29 October 2015 The successful conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations on October 5, 2015, represented a signal achievement in international trade diplomacy, all the more significant in… Read More »
Many of us are hopeful that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations will wrap up sometime soon and that the deal will require Canada to open up its highly-protected dairy, poultry and eggs sectors – dairy being the most egregiously protected, outmoded Soviet-style regime. Trade negotiations aren’t a zero-sum game, and if Canada has to compromise… Read More »
Prime Minister Harper and EU President Barroso have signed the formal text of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Don’t be surprised when I tell you that this isn’t the final step. It isn’t. Under the Law of Treaties (yes, there is such a thing) signature by authorized representatives is a necessary first… Read More »