International Trade committee  If you read the press releases we put out during the crisis, in the past few months, you'll see that the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance has applauded Canada's efforts. As I understand it, the Ottawa Group was largely responsible for those efforts. The fact that the borders rem

International Trade committee  I'm not aware, myself, of changes, or at least recently, but it's certainly an area that we need to look at as these trade barriers continue to increase. As I mentioned, the list of countries continues to increase when it comes to countries adopting non-tariff barriers. Certainly

International Trade committee  I think certainly there has been some anxiety that our members are feeling, not only about non-tariff barriers but also the pace of negotiations that some of our competitors have adopted when it comes to negotiating free trade agreements around the world. That has been the case w

International Trade committee  I think in general we much prefer multilateral regional agreements because of the market opportunities that are much larger in scope and the rules of origin that we seek. Bilateral agreements are something that Canada has done. Our preference in recent years has been for multilat

International Trade committee  Perhaps I can go first. I want to clarify that earlier on I had a lot of technical difficulties. There was an echo and I could hear people talking three times, so it was very challenging. Particularly as it comes to the statement you're talking about, I'm not sure I clearly unde

International Trade committee  Sure.

International Trade committee  In closing, I will say that as people around the world need to continue to eat, agri-food trade gives us one of the best engines for growth. We need to look at ways to strengthen relationships, including with China, to grow and modernize our existing FTAs, whether by launching F

International Trade committee  I can, with a lot of delay.

International Trade committee  Thank you for having me today. As you know, CAFTA is the voice of Canadian agri-food exporters, representing the 90% of farmers who depend on trade and the ranchers, producers, processors and agri-food exporters who want to grow the economy through better access to international

Agriculture committee  Our grain producers—soybean and corn producers, in particular—are already seeing a significant impact in terms of market distortions.

Agriculture committee  I don't think I can really comment on the revenue and the cash contribution. That's really something that our members are best to address, but what I want to say is that diversification and trade access to fight against protectionism is perhaps going to be even more challenging n

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. Thank you for the opportunity to present to you today. My name is Claire Citeau and I am the executive director of CAFTA, the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance. As you know, CAFTA is the voice of Canadian agriculture and agri-food exp

Agriculture committee  Hello.

Agriculture committee  Dispute settlement and resolution is something that has been flagged by our members right from the very beginning when the consultations started and that we included in our gazette. There have been many irritants, as trade has evolved across North America over the years, MCOOL be

Agriculture committee  If I might add this, perhaps it would be also worthwhile to have some sort of follow-up once the free trade agreements are implemented—in recent years, Canada has implemented large free trade agreements, like CETA and CPTPP—to do some follow-through as to how the implementation i