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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Toxic legacy
Énergie Saguenay, climate action and investment arbitration A record-breaking trade lawsuit against Canada confirms the dire threat that investor-state dispute settlement poses to bold climate action Summary Ruby River Capital’s…
$20 billion LNG lawsuit exposes NAFTA’s toxic legacy: report
OTTAWA—Ruby River Capital’s $20 billion USD NAFTA challenge to Quebec’s decision to deny the firm’s controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) project exposes the dire threat that investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)…
Toxic Legacy
Download 1.51 MB24 pages An American company wanted to build a massive fossil fuel project in Quebec. After full public debate, the provincial and federal governments rejected the plan based…
How Biden’s digital trade rethink adds pressure to re-renegotiate NAFTA
It’s been over six years since Donald Trump called time on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), forcing Mexico and Canada to negotiate a new pact to manage North…
Canada at risk of huge lawsuits if U.K. accession to pacific trade deal not amended, warn civil society organizations and academics
Click here to read the letter. Ottawa and London—Canada faces “huge financial risk” of lawsuits from British fossil fuel companies if the United Kingdom joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement…
Canada at risk of lawsuits if U.K. accession to pacific trade deal not amended
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Canada and the EU should divest from CETA’s dangerous investment court system
In a report published this September, the International Energy Agency warned that fossil fuel demand must fall by 25 per cent from current levels by the end of this decade,…
Bye Buy Canada?
Evaluating social procurement strategies under Canada’s trade commitments Download 861.97 KB 17 pages Canadian trade deals are holding back progressive procurement strategies. Recent trade agreements are holding back provincial and…
Canada has waited long enough to tax the tech giants
Canada is finally following through on its commitment to tax large foreign digital corporations. At least, it is planning to do so at some point after January 2024. The federal…
Canada’s double-standard in economic relations with Africa
At the end of May, Global Affairs Canada began consulting Canadians on priorities for a future Canada-Africa Economic Cooperation Strategy. The trade-centric effort—an agenda item from Minister Mary Ng’s 2021…
Canada’s options for intervening in the Keystone XL CUSMA lawsuit
A briefing paper from the Trade and Investment Research Project Download 3.8 MB 19 pages Read the full report online here. TC Energy’s $15 billion (USD) Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) lawsuit…
Canada’s options for intervening in the Keystone XL CUSMA lawsuit
Summary TC Energy’s $15 billion (USD) Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) lawsuit against the United States—for the Biden administration’s revocation of the Keystone XL pipeline permit—has attracted international condemnation while fuelling a…
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