Workers achieved a long-fought-for trade victory in the 2022 federal budget: trade unions will soon have the right to file trade complaints against unfair imports, something only domestic producers could do before now.

This July marked the second anniversary of the new Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Canada’s trade preference programs should be improved to raise living standards and improve working conditions and environmental policies

In some areas, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is worse than we predicted. We present five reasons why we’re not celebrating its fifth anniversary.

Trade agreement doesn't age well in a post-pandemic reality, with little mention of worker protections, environmental policy, or critical infrastructure.

Corporate lobbying and WTO pressure-cooker tactics killed the TRIPS waiver. Countries must find the courage to take on Big Pharma at home.

Where the U.S. has signalled worker-centred partnerships in Asia, Canada is pursuing more corporate trade deals.

Nous avons attendu qu’un accord soit trouvé autour de la dérogation aux droits de propriété intellectuelle sur les vaccins contre la COVID-19. Il n’y a rien dans la nouvelle proposition qui incite ou oblige les entreprises pharmaceutiques à divulguer les informations confidentielles et les secrets commerciaux.

The pandemic, through the eyes of our researchers

After 18 months of haggling, a leaked counter-proposal covering only vaccines has global health advocates fuming

How the government measures “inclusive trade” may undermine the policy’s feminist goals

Canada’s trade win over U.S. tariffs on solar product imports is a good thing, but a regional strategy for decarbonization is where the money—and climate potential—really is.

The CUSMA automotive rules-of-origin dispute in perspective

Enforcement of workers’ rights in global value chains has been a long time coming

Two NAFTA lawsuits against President Joe Biden’s Keystone cancellation show the threats of investor–state arbitration to climate action

Temporarily suspending trade rules covering COVID-19 vaccines and treatments would speed up the global recovery. Our government has other plans.