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The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union. The negotiations were concluded in August 2014. The agreement is to be approved by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament. Whether approval by all EU member states is also necessary is disputed. If approved, the agreement would begin to come into effect in 2016 at the earliest, at which time about 98% of the tariffs between Canada and the EU would be eliminated.
CETA is Canada's biggest bilateral initiative since NAFTA. It was hatched as a result of a joint study "Assessing the Costs and Benefits of a Closer EU-Canada Economic Partnership" which was released in October 2008. Officials announced the launch of negotiations on 6 May 2009 at the Canada-EU Summit in Prague. This after the Canada-EU Summit in Ottawa on 18 March 2004 where leaders agreed to a framework for a new Canada-EU Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement (TIEA). The TIEA was intended to move beyond traditional market access issues, to include areas such as trade and investment facilitation, competition, mutual recognition of professional qualifications, financial services, e-commerce, temporary entry, small- and medium-sized enterprises, sustainable development, and sharing science and technology. The TIEA was also to build on a Canada-EU regulatory co-operation framework for promoting bilateral co-operation on approaches to regulatory governance, advancing good regulatory practices and facilitating trade and investment. In addition to lowering barriers, the TIEA was meant to heighten Canadian and European interest in each other's markets. The TIEA continued until 2006 when Canada and the EU decided to pause negotiations. This led to negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and this agreement will go beyond the TIEA toward an agreement with a much broader and more ambitious scope.
This video clip contains contributions from Cssr Malmström, Mauro Petriccione, lead EU negotiator with Canada. It also includes contributions from representatives of four companies (BEL, ITA, FRA, GER) who comment on the impact the agreement will have on their business. http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/
This 5-minute handimation video gives a comprehensive background on CETA (the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) -- a controversial deal also known to many as TTIP 1.0. The video is narrated by Maude Barlow, alternative Nobel Prize recipient and anti-globalization leader. Barlow is also an acclaimed author and chairperson of the Council of Canadians. It is based on her report: Fighting TTIP, CETA and ISDS: Lessons from Canada. Video and report links: English: http://canadians.org/transatlantic-trade-deals German: http://canadians.org/transatlantic-deutsch French: http://canadians.org/fr/transatlantique-accords Spanish: http://canadians.org/transatlantica-espanol Polish (report only): http://canadians.org/transatlantyckim-polskie Read more about CETA: htt...
Should the EU and Canada sign the CETA treaty, it threatens to turn democracy into a pawn in the games of multinational corporations: Companies could sue via their Canadian subsidiaries when public policies lead to a reduction of their profits. Private arbitration panels, operating behind closed doors, could award billions in compensation to corporations – to be paid for by taxpayers’ money. Signing CETA would pave the way for the TTIP agreement between the EU and the US to enter through the back door. Both agreements threaten to weaken existing laws that restrict the use of genetic engineering in agriculture or prevent the contamination of drinking water through fracking. Privatisation of public services would no longer be reversible. Please help to stop CETA! www.campact.de/ceta-stoppe...
Wenn die EU und Kanada das CETA-Abkommen abschließen, wird unsere Demokratie zum Spielball internationaler Konzerne: Mit Klagen vor privaten Schiedsgerichten können sie gegen unsere Gesetze vorgehen, wenn diese ihre Gewinne schmälern. Konzernnahe Anwälte können dann Milliardenstrafen verhängen, die wir aus Steuergeld begleichen müssen. Mit CETA käme das umstrittene Handelsabkommen TTIP zwischen der EU und den USA durch die Hintertür. So geraten bei uns Gesetze in Gefahr, die Gentechnik auf unseren Feldern verbieten und die Verschmutzung unseres Trinkwassers durch Fracking verhindern. Auch die Privatisierung öffentlicher Dienstleistungen könnte nicht mehr rückgängig gemacht werden. Helfen Sie, CETA und weitere Abkommen dieser Art zu verhindern! www.campact.de/ceta-stoppen
Il y a urgence à stopper le CETA, accord de libre-échange entre l’Europe et le Canada. Porteur des mêmes maux que son cousin le TAFTA (accord entre l’Europe et les Etats-Unis), il fait peser de graves menaces sur l’avenir de notre alimentation, de notre santé, du climat et intensifie des risques sur nos démocraties en donnant des pouvoirs démesurés aux multinationales. Il est temps d’agir en disant NON à ce traité, signez la pétition https://www.foodwatch.org/fr/s-informer/topics/traites-ceta-et-tafta/petition-contre-le-tafta-et-le-ceta/ Faites connaître cette vidéo en la partageant sur vos réseaux sociaux. Pour en savoir plus : Comment les traités transatlantiques CETA et TAFTA menacent nos choix démocratiques : http://www.foodwatch.org/fr/s-informer/topics/traites-ceta-et-tafta/l-...
Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN In this special edition of Talking Europe, we’re taking a closer look at the CETA free trade deal between Europe and Canada. After years of negotiations, CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) was finally signed last autumn. Once implemented, it will remove 98% of tariffs between Canada and the EU, in everything from industry to agriculture. Our focus on the CETA deal is on one of the most sensitive areas: agriculture, where Canada and the EU have very different priorities. Farmers on both sides of the Atlantic have expressed concern that the deal will upset the delicate balance in their sectors. In this first part of the show, we travel to Canad...
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is due to arrive in Brussels on Sunday to sign a delayed trade deal with the EU. The CETA Treaty has taken seven years to negotiate and was almost derailed at the last minute by a small region in Belgium. Al Jazeera’s Nadim Baba explains. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
Este jueves el Congreso de los Diputados español ha aprobado el tratado comercial entre la Unión Europea y Canadá, conocido como CETA por sus siglas en inglés. El Partido Socialista Obrero Español se ha abstenido con la intención de demostrar que, aunque defiende el comercio multilateral, considera que ese tratado tiene aspectos negativos. Esta crítica postura de los socialistas sienta muy mal al Gobierno de Mariano Rajoy. Desde el Ejecutivo español lamentan que el PSOE se acerque a las tesis de Podemos. Las críticas también han llegado desde varios dirigentes europeos que acusan a Pedro Sánchez de oponerse a la globalización. Más allá del terreno político, varios expertos consideran que la mayor competencia que generan estos acuerdos eleva el desempleo y reduce los salarios. Además con...
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