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International Trade committee I think Mr. Davies has already answered the question. Article 16-5 of the free trade agreement with Jordan provides that:This Agreement shall remain in force unless terminated by either Party by written notification to the other Party. This Agreement shall terminate six months af
April 26th, 2012Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk
International Trade committee There is no such further provision in the agreement. I will not speculate about the commercial implications.
April 26th, 2012Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk
International Trade committee In this bill, since the agreement as such did not have an articulated list of objectives, this provision is, in your words, a characterization.
April 26th, 2012Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk
International Trade committee This is a standard clause that we've had in all of our implementing bills for FTAs ever since NAFTA. It simply makes it clear that water in its natural state—we're not talking about bottled water—is not a commodity that can be traded or benefit from the provisions in the free t
April 26th, 2012Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk
International Trade committee This bill is not supposed to prevent Parliament from enacting further legislation in the future.
April 26th, 2012Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk
International Trade committee That is why it says “For greater certainty”.
April 26th, 2012Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk
International Trade committee In answer to the question of what would happen if the two words were not removed, since there is no regulatory power in part 1, not removing these words would not have a material effect, but to make the draft as perfect as possible, we recommend these two words be removed.
March 3rd, 2009Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk
International Trade committee On dispute settlement, the dispute settlement system as contained in the Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement is a very simple one. Each side chooses one arbitrator and then the two parties that are in dispute choose the chair. It's the classical arbitration model. It's even called a
March 10th, 2008Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk
International Trade committee Yes. On the question of what Canada could do if, hypothetically, subsidies were reintroduced by Norway, I've already pointed out that Canada does reserve or maintain it's rights under the WTO. So that's clear. In addition, we have built into the agreement the concept of non-vio
March 10th, 2008Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk
International Trade committee Let me add that article 17 of the agreement deals with subsidies and makes it clear that our WTO rights continue to apply. So if there were subsidies, Canada would be entitled, under the terms of the WTO, to impose countervailing measures and to use the remedies under the WTO.
March 10th, 2008Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk
International Trade committee Yes, we're currently working on implementing legislation. Of course, since there is legislation involved for which the Department of Finance and the Canadian Border Services Agency are responsible, we're preparing the legislation in cooperation with those departments.
March 10th, 2008Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk
International Trade committee That is my understanding.
March 10th, 2008Committee meeting
Ton Zuijdwijk