Mr. Carlo Dade at the International Trade Committee

On May 18th, 2017. See this statement in context.

May 18th, 2017 / 4:20 p.m.

Director, Centre for Trade and Investment Policy, Canada West Foundation

There are some aspects of free trade in CETA that we can use in the NAFTA talks.

I have not studied it thoroughly. I mentioned the TPP and the renegotiation of NAFTA. It was U.S. policy to use the TPP to modernize NAFTA. So the links between the TPP and NAFTA are clearer. It is a bit more difficult with respect to CETA.

I have not heard any statement from the Canadian government as to whether we can use CETA for the renegotiation of NAFTA in the same way as the Americans used the TPP.

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