Thank you for the question.
The subamendment indicates or introduces a concept currently defined in the act, which includes bilateral and multilateral agreements with other countries. The list includes countries that are signatories to the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement and other bilateral agreements. If Canada concludes an agreement with another country, it will be covered by this definition. That country will be entitled to the same protections and treatment, defined in the act, as other countries.
This does not include all the agreements that Canada has concluded with other countries, particularly within the framework of the World Trade Organization, of which Canada is a member, nor does it include other types of less formal agreements, such as foreign investment agreements or investment protection agreements, because there are many other agreements defined in the act.