The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement launches Canadian trade policy into the 21st Century, according to Canada’s former Ambassador to the EU, Ross Hornby. In “From Laggard to Leader: How CETA Transforms Canada’s Trade Agenda,” a C.D. Howe Institute conference paper, Hornby asserts that CETA makes progress on behind-the-border issues that constitute the true obstacles to trade: the use of regulations to discriminate against imports, local content requirements, lack of harmonized product standards, restrictions on investment and labour mobility. Additionally, Hornby calls into question the sustainability of Canada’s hotly contested supply management system.
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