Trade and Investment Project
Expert research on international trade and investment treaties and globalization
The Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP) is an independently funded project administered by the CCPA. TIRP pools the trade policy research resources and expertise of Canadian non-governmental organizations from a variety of sectors. It produces expert research on a wide range of important trade and investment policy issues.
An international reputation for rigorous trade research and analysis
- Evaluating social procurement strategies under Canada’s trade commitments
- Canada’s options for intervening in the Keystone XL CUSMA lawsuit
- NAFTA’s Shadow of Obstruction
- The Rise and Demise of NAFTA Chapter 11
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Ratifying CETA – Easier Said than Done
This commentary is available in French. The majority of Canadians never supported former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s aggressive brand of neoconservativism. In the October election, they were determined to unite…
The TPP and the cost of drugs
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Five reasons to defend supply management from the TPP
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Trans-Pacific Partnership a big win for corporate interests
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Should Canada be completing a trade deal in the middle of an election?
The Obama administration is pulling out all the stops to wrap up the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations this week. Trade ministers, including Canada’s Ed Fast, have been summoned to Atlanta…
What’s the big deal? The high stakes of TPP
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Canadian corporations abuse investment treaties, bully governments into environmental backtrack: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Canadian investors have exploited a controversial mechanism in international investment treaties to challenge public interest regulations in 24 different countries, according to a study released…
A Losing Proposition
The Failure of Canadian ISDS Policy at Home and Abroad Download 1.48 MB 62 pages This report documents the 55 known cases of Canadian investors using the investor-state dispute settlement…
TPP Shakedown in Maui
A shakedown is defined as extortion by means of force, threats, or intimidation. That’s a pretty accurate description of what’s now happening in Hawaii to Canadian negotiators at the hands…
TPP Deal Puts BC’s Privacy Laws in the Crosshairs
British Columbia’s privacy laws are in the crosshairs of the nearly completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. If you’re wondering what the heck data privacy protections have to do with trade,…
The implications for Canada of a fast-tracked Trans-Pacific Partnership
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations slouch toward an agreement, supporters have cranked the volume on their praise for what is sometimes called the “NAFTA of the Pacific.” Critics, of…
The TPP and Canada
Download 138.09 KB4 pages This 4-page fact sheet provides readers with background on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-country trade and investment treaty negotiation that began in 2008. The fact…
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