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International Trade committee Yes, I think we can do that. Sure.
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee Yes, we can do that too.
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee I don't recall specifically anybody talking about a sunset clause, per se. I think there was a clear indication by both parties and a recognition that this was a transitional agreement and that in some way, shape or form—although we used different terminology, it was in some way,
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee Okay, that's fair enough. They have a couple of different streams of negotiations. They do have the continuity agreements, like what we're doing with Canada, where they are trying to replicate their agreements that they have with the European Union as they leave it. They have a
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee Thank you for the question, Madam Chair. We definitely see the transitional trade agreement as an interim agreement, a first step. We indicated early on that replicating the CETA is what we have available to us at this time. In order to ensure that continuity for businesses—Ca
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee Yes, Madam Chair. It would be in effect until we sign another agreement. That would absolutely be the case. It is transitional, but there would not be an expiry date with it.
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee I can start and then I probably will look to other colleagues to respond as well. I think we have had a very successful run of great negotiations and/or renegotiations in the recent past, starting with CETA. We launched those negotiations about 10 years ago. It took about seven
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee They had their referendum in June 2016. At that time there was some question as to how it would turn out. Then the United Kingdom needed to decide what they wanted to do after they got the result they ended up with. Like any negotiation, it takes two willing partners. They had n
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee I think that was a decision that we took as a negotiating team when it became evident that it would not provide a good outcome for Canadian producers and exporters. By providing all countries with basically duty-free access, there was no preferential agreement for Canadian produc
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee Well, we do have the mandate to negotiate free trade agreements in the best interests of Canada. Of course, we would inform the minister of any decisions that we take along the way, which we did. However, at the negotiating table, there was no reason to continue if it was not i
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee They were mostly in the agriculture sector. We published a Canada Gazette notice to seek views from people, from companies and associated stakeholders. The sectors that had the most interests were on the exporting side, of beef, pork and grains, and on the importing side, becau
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee We briefed the minister and the minister's office, as we would during the normal course of business. As I said, there was clear recognition from the negotiating team and our recommendation was that we not continue the negotiations at that time. It would not have been in the inte
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee The minister was in agreement with our recommendation, yes.
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee I think other countries are going to make decisions that are in their interests. At the time that the United Kingdom chose to offer duty-free treatment to all WTO members, certainly other countries looked at what we did, and they also paused. They didn't do it officially, but th
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth
International Trade committee I think one of our constraints—one of the biggest constraints during this—as we launched the negotiations was the fact that at the beginning, in September 2017 and then moving forward into 2018, the United Kingdom was a member of the European Union so they were not able to engage
November 20th, 2020Committee meeting
Doug Forsyth