International Trade committee  Yes, go ahead with regionals and then we should also think about the future: labour mobility agreements, future investment agreements, and special services agreements related to some of the other modes. The future could possibly be in such arrangements that are functional, as opp

International Trade committee  It affords the opportunity for entrepreneurial, creative people in farms of all sizes, from the smallest family farm on up, to be able to take advantage of lower barriers to trade and investment, insofar as they are capable, and to plug into supply chains within the country, to t

International Trade committee  You negotiate a comprehensive EPA that includes the issue of addressing non-tariff barriers. Mr. Slomp referred to canola. It's true. We would like to see Canadian producers being able to add value to canola to sell it into Japan as oil or as other byproducts. We think that the E

International Trade committee  Just in macroeconomic terms, over the past two years 80% of global growth has been attributed to emerging markets, including a lot of Asia, versus several years ago when it was less than 40%. Growth increasingly is coming from emerging markets. Wealth and prosperity is increasing

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Japanese officials did ask us several questions related to investor-state dispute settlement provisions per chapter 11 of NAFTA. We provided some information regarding how Canada has fared under chapter 11 on investor-state provisions. I'd be happy to provide the same information

International Trade committee  We'd like to think that as many sectors as possible will benefit. Our conclusion is that if there is fair and equitable competition, every sector can benefit. Will there be winners and losers? I understand there's been testimony in that regard and some back and forth, but the ans

International Trade committee  You can't point to where the losers are going to be. Just as with the Canada-U.S. FTA, everyone had surmised and concluded that the wine industry would be wiped out. That clearly hasn't happened. You can't vouch for entrepreneurship—the capacity of Canadians to be able to be inno

International Trade committee  Japan and Canada have pretty extensive investment provisions that they negotiate with other countries, and Japan has negotiated several investment treaties with other countries. There's a high degree of congruence between principles associated with investment treaties between our

International Trade committee  The Canadian Council of Chief Executives has always supported the Doha development agenda and multilateral trade liberalization. We have been front and centre in several of the rounds in the 35-year existence of the organization. Of course, we strongly supported the Canada-U.S.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chairman, committee members, thanks for the invitation to appear before the committee on international trade. The Canadian Council of Chief Executives has a long history of support for measures to strengthen Canada's economic relationship with Japan. T